tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36230799823473150702019-02-22T20:11:21.626+10:00Renee's Author SpotlightA place where indie and small press authors can have their moment in the spotlight!Renee Scattergoodnoreply@blogger.comBlogger383125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3623079982347315070.post-70231411866782212072018-10-24T14:00:00.000+10:002018-10-24T14:00:04.332+10:00Marriage, Mobsters, and the Marine: A #Romance #Novel by Kryssie Fortune<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-oGRZNXe8M-o/W0Btv86ZcOI/AAAAAAAACrM/EKBEYg2c5bU4jvoT4mfc9vU-S8UFl6RMwCLcBGAs/s1600/7mp%2B-%2BKryssie%2BFortune.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="250" data-original-width="200" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-oGRZNXe8M-o/W0Btv86ZcOI/AAAAAAAACrM/EKBEYg2c5bU4jvoT4mfc9vU-S8UFl6RMwCLcBGAs/s1600/7mp%2B-%2BKryssie%2BFortune.jpg" /></a></div>Kryssie Fortune writes the sort of hot sexy books she loves to read. If she can sneak a dragon into her paranormal books she will. Her paranormal heroes are muscular werewolves, arrogant Fae or BDSM loving dragons.<br /><br />Kryssie likes her contemporary heroes ex-military and dominant. Her heroines are kick-ass females who can hold their own against whatever life - or Kryssie - throws at them.<br /><br />Kryssie's pet hates are unhappy endings, and a series that end on a cliffhanger.<br /><br />Her books are all stand alone even when part of series. Plot always comes before sex, but when her heroines and heroes get together, the sex is explosive and explicit. One review called it downright sensual.<br /><br /><h2 style="text-align: center;">Connect with the Author</h2><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://kryssiefortune.wixsite.com/kryssiefortune-books" target="_blank">Website</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://kryssiefortune.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Blog</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/2KNxZvb" target="_blank">Amazon Author Page</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/KryssiesFortune/" target="_blank">Facebook Author Page</a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://twitter.com/KryssieFortune" target="_blank">Twitter</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://bit.ly/1OGFnjc" target="_blank">Pinterest</a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/2A7tMOR" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="200" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-VpCxvqIP2lk/W1fLnuTkC3I/AAAAAAAACxc/lethJ3fvYv008DmaFQq2BExNAR0U5cZAACEwYBhgL/s1600/Cover%2BMMM%2B-%2BKryssie%2BFortune.jpg" /></a></div><h2>About the Book</h2><br />Abigail Montgomery, a small-town schoolteacher with zero self-confidence, longs for the loving family she never had.<br /><br />Each month she attends a masked BDSM club, but her next visit will be her last. If she doesn’t marry within the next year, her military brother won’t inherit Montgomery Hall. Desperate, she advertises for a husband.<br /><br />Jared Armstrong, a former Marine sharpshooter and occasional Dom, needs $125,000 to get his family out of a hole. His solution - to marry Abigail Montgomery for her money. His only regret is his wife won’t accept his spanking lifestyle.<br /><br />Soon, Abigail dreams of making their marriage real, but she promised Jared a divorce two-years after their wedding. Can they share some Christmas magic as their relationship faces extortion threats, a kidnapping, and an attempted murder? Or will Jared walk away and break her heart?<br /><br /><h4 style="text-align: center;">Get it today on <a href="https://amzn.to/2A7tMOR" target="_blank">Amazon</a>!</h4><br /><h2 style="text-align: center;">Or Read it Free on KU!</h2><br /><br /><h2>Keep reading for a guest post by the author:</h2><br /><h3 style="text-align: center;">From Zero to Superhero – Well…US Marine</h3><br />Run at over six miles per hour for twenty-eight minutes? You have to be kidding me.<br /><br />How about 50 or more crunchies in less than 2 minutes? I’d be laid on the floor crying.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-tiuT-30zZy0/W0BuQU6XvqI/AAAAAAAACrY/b7LxwSJrEyMJqsj7s8TbwAtTg7GGfqvjwCLcBGAs/s1600/press%2Bup%2B-%2BKryssie%2BFortune.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="176" data-original-width="400" height="140" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-tiuT-30zZy0/W0BuQU6XvqI/AAAAAAAACrY/b7LxwSJrEyMJqsj7s8TbwAtTg7GGfqvjwCLcBGAs/s320/press%2Bup%2B-%2BKryssie%2BFortune.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>If you want to become a US Marine, though, the recruiters expect this and more.<br /><br />Marines need to be strong, tough, and smart. Above I’ve talked about minimum standards. To achieve a top score, a candidate must manage a 3 mile run in 18 minutes, perform 100 crunchies in 2 minutes, and do 20 pull-ups.<br /><br />That means running at 10 mph for eighteen minutes.<br /><br />Just getting through that lot would kill me.<br /><br />Training starts as soon as the recruit gets on the bus to the base. A drill instructor acquaints them with Military law and tells them they are now subject to it. Once they disembark, they line up on yellow footsteps painted on the floor. Here, they learn to stand to attention and have their uniforms issued. Next step, military haircut.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-G0jUFjkwc_8/W0BuaAfyHAI/AAAAAAAACrc/gxDvKi7fH-0H2dwIU46lb6nk7XgMHbg3QCLcBGAs/s1600/Drill%2Bsergeant%2B-%2BKryssie%2BFortune.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="266" data-original-width="220" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-G0jUFjkwc_8/W0BuaAfyHAI/AAAAAAAACrc/gxDvKi7fH-0H2dwIU46lb6nk7XgMHbg3QCLcBGAs/s1600/Drill%2Bsergeant%2B-%2BKryssie%2BFortune.jpg" /></a></div>The recruits are issued with their rifles, have medicals, and vaccinations where needed. The whole receiving process takes about three days—usually without sleep, then the recruit faces the Initial Strength Test.<br /><br />To pass, a male recruit must complete at least three pull-ups, 45 crunchies in two minutes, and run 1.5 miles (2.4 km) in 13:30 minutes or less. The female recruits must hold a “flexed arm hang” (hanging on a bar with their arms bent) for at least 12 seconds, complete 45 crunchies in two minutes, and run 1.5 miles in 14 minutes and 30 seconds or less.<br /><br />All without sleep. I’d be a wreck.<br /><br />The training only intensifies from there, with drill instructors constantly harassing the recruits to ensure they can cope with battlefield stress.<br /><br />The recruits learn about teamwork, weapons, and fighting. One of the worst things a drill sergeant can yell at them is that they should have joined the navy instead.<br /><br />Twelve weeks later, if you can meet the physical and mental challenges, you’re ready for the passing out parade. Only, for a Marine, it’s a passing out run past their families while shouting out Marine Cadences. They circle the base and assemble on a parade ground.<br /><br />Once the ceremony is complete, the Marines are granted on-base leave to show their families around. After one last march the following morning, the recruit gets ten days leave.<br /><br />I’d need ten years to recover from this.<br /><br />If the recruit survives all this, he’ll get yet more training before he’s assigned to a platoon.<br /><br />No wonder the Marines claim theirs is the toughest service to enter.Renee Scattergoodhttps://plus.google.com/100671337443224225702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3623079982347315070.post-13565943218892359462018-10-01T14:00:00.000+10:002018-10-01T14:00:03.104+10:00Angels and Diamonds: A #Romance #Novel by TK Lawyer<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/2m9UyMr" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="222" data-original-width="600" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-qq2RWqI_QzA/W0br5a6YPfI/AAAAAAAACs8/-2PupsZGnWcBSdGvIAPzj1436oIfSrveQCLcBGAs/s1600/Angels%2Band%2BDiamonds%2Balternate%2Bwith%2BCustomer%2BReviews%2B-%2BTK%2BLawyer.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RunwrpyLZC0/W0bk1m_ID2I/AAAAAAAACsk/qSB3gaj4CucUS5ZFUNE1Mlv5b7upIcUDQCLcBGAs/s1600/Author%2BPicture%2B-%2BTK%2BLawyer.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; display: inline !important; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="250" data-original-width="187" height="200" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RunwrpyLZC0/W0bk1m_ID2I/AAAAAAAACsk/qSB3gaj4CucUS5ZFUNE1Mlv5b7upIcUDQCLcBGAs/s200/Author%2BPicture%2B-%2BTK%2BLawyer.JPG" width="149" /></a><br />Award Nominated Paranormal Romance Author, TK Lawyer has been writing since high school but it was sometime in 2011 when her writing blossomed into a career. Craving excitement and adventure, she jotted down a few notes for a book and never looked back.<br /><br />Her books blend her interest in the paranormal and her love of romance.<br /><br />Steamy, unique, fun tales of adventure with alpha males and feisty, curvy females are her signature. She writes what she loves: passionate, erotic, emotion-tugging novels that widen readers’ experiences and leaves them wanting more. No two books are alike and each one is a stand-alone novel ready for fans and readers alike to dive into and enjoy!<br /><br /><h2 style="text-align: center;">Connect with the Author</h2><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://tklawyerauthor.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Website</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/2Jfg3Vo" target="_blank">Amazon Author Page</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/12764640.T_K_Lawyer" target="_blank">Goodreads Author Page</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.bookbub.com/authors/t-k-lawyer" target="_blank">BookBub Author Page</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/tklawyerauthor" target="_blank">Facebook Author Page</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://twitter.com/tklawyerauthor" target="_blank">Twitter</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/109094672467230073885" target="_blank">Google+</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.pinterest.com/tklawyerauthor/" target="_blank">Pinterest</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/authortklawyerfanpage/" target="_blank">Instagram</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_m5NYSnJJIoQV2AHCwoUgA" target="_blank">YouTube</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://eepurl.com/dvonKn" target="_blank">Subscribe to her Newsletter!</a></h3><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/2m9UyMr" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="321" data-original-width="200" height="320" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-bc9FusLA-EY/W0bsAssYE8I/AAAAAAAACtA/xbe6F89JrF8_u7fHGpKHKizbEnSR18llwCLcBGAs/s320/TK%2BAngels%2Band%2BDiamonds%2BEbook%2Bofficial%2Bcover.jpg" width="199" /></a></div><h2>About the Book</h2><br />Angels and Diamonds spins seven heart-warming tales of finding love when you least expect it and the struggles of holding onto true love. Each fun tale depicts ardor, attachment and dedication while staying true to the theme of a Diamond and an Angel.<br /><br /><b>Puppy Love-</b> Petra, an owner of a dog rescue group in need of financial assistance finds an unlikely funding source<br /><br /><b>Bride to Be- </b>Diamond, a bridal shop owner meets a man who seems vaguely familiar. Little does she know he will change her future<br /><br /><b>Promise-</b> Tauria’s relationship with an Archangel leads to her forgotten past<br /><br /><b>The Gift- </b>Celeste’s gift is more than her Angel can handle<br /><br /><b>Hunted- </b>Natasha’s encounter with a mercenary has an unexpected, mutually beneficial outcome<br /><br /><b>New Home- </b>Marisole’s home search for a ‘friend of a friend’ thrusts her back into the life of a man she once craved. Sadly, he doesn’t know she exists<br /><br /><b>Make a Wish- </b>Are Stella’s dreamy adventures genuine or vivid imagination?<br /><br /><h4 style="text-align: center;">Get it Today!</h4><br /><h3 style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/2m9UyMr" target="_blank">Amazon</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/angels-and-diamonds-tk-lawyer/1124566281" target="_blank">Barnes &amp; Noble</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/angels-and-diamonds" target="_blank">Kobo</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/id1151223347" target="_blank">iBooks</a></h3><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="YOUTUBE-iframe-video" data-thumbnail-src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/8tO7Qd8UcXE/0.jpg" frameborder="0" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/8tO7Qd8UcXE?feature=player_embedded" width="320"></iframe></div><br /><br /><br /><h2>Keep reading for an interview with the author:</h2><br /><h3>Why did you decide to be a writer?</h3><br />I needed something more in my life. One day when I was frustrated with my boring, mundane, routine of a life, I literally shouted in my kitchen for something more. Then ideas started popping into my head and I wrote them down. I never saw myself as an author but I took a chance and here I am, six books later, published and happy.<br /><br /><h3>What genres do you write?</h3><br />Paranormal and contemporary romance with shifters and angels<br /><br /><h3>Is there a genre that you've been wanting to experiment with?</h3><br />I’ve thought about writing YA since it is such a popular genre but I’m not sure if I can get into the characters the same as I do with Paranormal romance. I would write Paranormal YA but the romantic parts would be completely different. It would be a challenge for me to write in a “teenager’s world” with subjects and concerns that they face that adults don’t necessarily think of but I’ve considered it and who knows, maybe one day I will have a YA book out?<br /><br /><h3>How often do you write?</h3><br />Any chance I can get which is not often. I usually have to sneak a half hour here or there to jot down scenes. It’s hard writing when you have a full-time day job but I try to do what I can and when I am in the mood. The hardest part is getting started but once I’m writing, it’s easy to keep going for hours.<br /><br /><h3>What is the quirkiest thing you've ever done while writing?</h3><br />Sometimes I will act out parts of my scenes, not only in my head but actually physically act them out because I need to see the actions that each character does in order to write it. I have literally sat at my computer and stated aloud a sentence a character says in the book so I can figure out how he would react when he said the sentence. In that way, I can add details of his facial features so the reader can envision what is actually happening at the moment.<br /><br /><h3>If you could be one of your characters for a day, who would it be and why?</h3><br />Tatiana Baker from Jasper, The Guardian League, Book One. I would love being with an actual live Guardian Angel and Jasper is such a loving, sweet angel who would do anything for Tatiana. The fact that he is so endearing but also assertive and protective is such a turn on. It would be great to experience day to day activities arm in arm with my own angel.<br /><br /><h3>What is the oddest thing you've ever researched for one of your books?</h3><br />For Apollo, The Guardian League, Book Three, I had to find out how much the going rate was for a lap dance. Let’s just say it was an interesting Google search and it brought up a lot more information than I wanted. Haha.<br /><br /><h3>If you could choose an author to be your mentor, who would it be?</h3><br />I would love to be mentored by Felicity Heaton, one of the first and best paranormal authors I’ve followed. The fact that she can publish eight to ten books a year (or at least it seems that way) plus keep up a newsletter and give gift cards away like they are going out of style fascinates me. How does she do it all? Where does she get the energy? I imagine she doesn’t have a full-time day job like me. How does she manage her finances in order to write full-time? I would love to get in on the secret and learn her tips and tricks that has helped her in her success.<br /><br /><h3>When did you first consider yourself an author?</h3><br />When my first book, Nightfall was published in 2014. Once it was available to the world in e-book form, I literally screamed out of pure joy. It’s hard not to consider yourself an author when you have a published work out there and it was one of the happiest moments for me.<br /><br /><h3>What is the best compliment you've ever received as an author?</h3><br />I have a reader who has become a close friend who disclosed to me that she had heard of Paranormal Romance but never read any books in that genre before me. She told me that I am the reason she loves Paranormal Romance. I tell you, what better compliment is there than that? I am so awed and humbled by her compliment.Renee Scattergoodhttps://plus.google.com/100671337443224225702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3623079982347315070.post-72357270567922252942018-09-24T14:00:00.000+10:002018-09-24T14:00:14.073+10:00Apollo (The Guardian League, Book Three): A #Fantasy #Novel by TK Lawyer<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/2L85jtv" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="229" data-original-width="600" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-iGQvh_Vxx7M/W0blGV6DuzI/AAAAAAAACss/9SMl_F4jwYEplsasWOhwmDyI5ky4MF53gCLcBGAs/s1600/Apollo%2Bwith%2BCustomer%2BReviews-%2Balternate2%2B-%2BTK%2BLawyer.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RunwrpyLZC0/W0bk1m_ID2I/AAAAAAAACsk/qSB3gaj4CucUS5ZFUNE1Mlv5b7upIcUDQCLcBGAs/s1600/Author%2BPicture%2B-%2BTK%2BLawyer.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="250" data-original-width="187" height="200" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RunwrpyLZC0/W0bk1m_ID2I/AAAAAAAACsk/qSB3gaj4CucUS5ZFUNE1Mlv5b7upIcUDQCLcBGAs/s200/Author%2BPicture%2B-%2BTK%2BLawyer.JPG" width="149" /></a></div>Award Nominated Paranormal Romance Author, TK Lawyer has been writing since high school but it was sometime in 2011 when her writing blossomed into a career. Craving excitement and adventure, she jotted down a few notes for a book and never looked back.<br /><br />Her books blend her interest in the paranormal and her love of romance.<br /><br />Steamy, unique, fun tales of adventure with alpha males and feisty, curvy females are her signature. She writes what she loves: passionate, erotic, emotion-tugging novels that widen readers’ experiences and leaves them wanting more. No two books are alike and each one is a stand-alone novel ready for fans and readers alike to dive into and enjoy!<br /><br /><h2 style="text-align: center;">Connect with the Author</h2><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://tklawyerauthor.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Website</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/2Jfg3Vo" target="_blank">Amazon Author Page</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/12764640.T_K_Lawyer" target="_blank">Goodreads Author Page</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.bookbub.com/authors/t-k-lawyer" target="_blank">BookBub Author Page</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/tklawyerauthor" target="_blank">Facebook Author Page</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://twitter.com/tklawyerauthor" target="_blank">Twitter</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/109094672467230073885" target="_blank">Google+</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.pinterest.com/tklawyerauthor/" target="_blank">Pinterest</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/authortklawyerfanpage/" target="_blank">Instagram</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_m5NYSnJJIoQV2AHCwoUgA" target="_blank">YouTube</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://eepurl.com/dvonKn" target="_blank">Subscribe to her Newsletter!</a></h3><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/2L85jtv" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="200" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-iHDREzTTNdo/W0blLn4kQSI/AAAAAAAACsw/hmHJTUktYIkgivJ0J-kX9g9tHcq3atlhgCLcBGAs/s1600/Apollo%2BBk%2BCover.jpg" /></a></div><h2>About the Book</h2><br /><h3 style="text-align: center;">Lauren was an assignment. He didn’t expect to fall in love.</h3><br />From her birth, Apollo watched Lauren mature, witnessing all her milestones with a strong sense of pride. Advising, protecting and whispering loving words to her, Lauren is strong and perfect.<br /><br />Unfortunately, she doesn’t want to live.<br /><br />A drastic decision one day sets Lauren face to face with her own Guardian Angel- a being she never knew existed. However, he won’t leave her alone. He is relentless, encouraging her to better her life when he doesn’t understand what it takes to survive on Earth. Despite this “flaw,” she is drawn to him in ways she can’t explain and Apollo soon becomes as necessary as the air she breathes. He asks for only one thing- to be his, forever.<br /><br />Will she allow Apollo to love and care for her when many have failed?<br /><br /><h4 style="text-align: center;">Get it Today!</h4><br /><h3 style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/2L85jtv" target="_blank">Amazon</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/apollo-tk-lawyer/1125441983" target="_blank">Barnes &amp; Noble</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/apollo-book-three-the-guardian-league" target="_blank">Kobo</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="https://www.foundationsbooks.net/book/apollo-book-three-the-guardian-league/" target="_blank">Foundations Books</a></h3><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="YOUTUBE-iframe-video" data-thumbnail-src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/0npY8qdM7qk/0.jpg" frameborder="0" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/0npY8qdM7qk?feature=player_embedded" width="320"></iframe></div><br /><br /><br /><h2>Keep reading for an excerpt:</h2><br />At twenty-two years old, Lauren was done with life. She rifled through the top drawer of her mother’s bureau and held out the bottle of psychotropic drugs in her hand, with a wicked glee of triumph. Her mom wouldn’t miss a few pills. Besides, she was never home. She took more of an interest in partying with men, giving them whatever they wanted to “take care of her” than she did caring for her own daughter. Lauren was, at best, an after-thought or more, an inconvenience. Love, affection, and responsibility weren’t words found in her mother’s vocabulary.<br /><br />She stared at the bottle and cried over the bathroom sink. All the pain she endured by her mom’s drugged-out, wasted boyfriends meant nothing at all to the most important woman in the world, whose single duty was to protect her: her mom. The fact that Lauren was almost molested several times by her mother’s pathetic definition of “good men,” meant even less. Lauren swiped at her tears, angry for displaying her vulnerability. She’d never cry in front of her mother or her idiot boy toys.<br /><br />She hated her mother but even more she loathed her useless life. There was no point in going on, living day to day with no end in sight when all she wanted to do was sleep forever. The strange part was that every time she thought she was at the end of her rope, gasping for air from being choked or kicked repeatedly by one of her mom’s trashy men or from her mom, herself, she survived. Why and how, she’d like to know because at certain times there was no explanation. One time a greasy male fondled her on her bed while she struggled underneath him, kicking and biting him and then suddenly he was dragged off the bed. He hit the floor, unconscious. She rolled the heavy body out into the hallway and closed her door, barring it from re-entry by lodging a chair underneath the doorknob. How was he dragged onto the floor? She didn’t know. However, she recalled his desperate screams and his attempts to claw his fingernails into the bed sheets for leverage. It was a failed, useless attempt just like her previous tries at suicide but this time she was sealing the deal. If some crazy being out there in the vast universe offered her reincarnation, she wasn’t coming back. That’s if something truly existed beyond her piddly life, which she highly doubted.<br /><br />Whatever was out there, if there was a second chance, was better than living life on Earth. Lauren regretted only one thing, she never experienced real love. To her, love was a product of weakness but she yearned for it anyway. To have someone in her life who’d respect her, take care of her and want her would be…well…unreal but a wonderful experience. She turned the pill bottle in her hand. If only that man existed, but he didn’t. Her mother’s magic pills were her only way out.Renee Scattergoodhttps://plus.google.com/100671337443224225702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3623079982347315070.post-19802907405740376392018-09-05T14:00:00.000+10:002018-09-05T14:00:02.947+10:00Our Frail Disordered Lives: A #Horror #Novel by Mary M SchmidtMary M. Schmidt is a graduate of Notre Dame University in Baltimore. She spent time in Rome during the '60s, getting to know the feral cats. Her previous book, <i>Cat Lady</i>, is about that experience. <i>Cat Lady</i> won the Jaffalogue's Picks award for best long narrative published in 2015.<br /><br />Mary works for a local hospice doing transitions, that is, assisting terminal patients with their end of life procedure. This is not in the least bit depressing!<br /><br />Mary makes her home near Annapolis with her cat Graycie.<br /><br /><h2 style="text-align: center;">Connect with the Author</h2><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40242779-our-frail-disordered-lives?ac=1&amp;from_search=true" target="_blank">Goodreads Author Page</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/Mary-M-Schmidt-756593501152605/" target="_blank">Facebook Author Page</a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/2NkDWhv" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="200" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_Hcjh2XhRyU/WztobkMwSkI/AAAAAAAACpw/n_LB1js7SrA0mvb1eaL0fXOlLGTGyf04ACLcBGAs/s1600/773953HiRes%2B%25281%2529%2B-%2BMary%2BSchmidt.jpg" /></a></div><h2>About the Book</h2><br />Larry Kavanaugh is an ordinary kind of guy. He’s got a nagging wife and two kids, both annoyingly gifted. No matter what he does, there is no end to what his family needs. What’s a regular, everyday guy to do? Well, he cuts a few corners, obviously – one very big corner. He sells his soul to the Devil.<br /><br />Maybe it’s not the actual Devil, but Larry is ready to make a deal with one of the Devil’s minions. He meets some demon whose name he can’t remember. Funny, it was right on the tip of his tongue, a name of something you step on. Roach the Demon has sort of good intentions. He just wants a re-write of Dante’s Inferno with himself as the star.<br /><br />Roach goes after Larry as a rogue operation. He needs to make a point to his boss, Satan, so he uses the body of a human to follow Larry around and stir up trouble. He offers Larry an airtight guarantee that nothing could possibly go wrong. After all, Larry does not feel like he has much to lose – or does he? Even Roach might be in over his head this time.<br /><br /><h4 style="text-align: center;">Get it Today!</h4><br /><h3 style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/2NkDWhv" target="_blank">Amazon</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/our-frail-disordered-lives-mary-m-schmidt/1128893351?ean=9781483485102" target="_blank">Barnes &amp; Noble</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.lulu.com/content/paperback-book/our-frail-disordered-lives/22913129" target="_blank">Lulu</a></h3><br /><br /><h2>Keep reading for an excerpt:</h2><br />Grace then started to recite Canto 5 of the Inferno, pausing often for questions and comments. Kathleen went back inside as dusk fell and the street lights went on.<br /><br />She tried to imagine what it was like, a place where the wind blew at 5,400 miles per hour. Simply beyond her imagination. Yet Dante had come up with it, so many centuries ago.<br /><br />Jeanine said, “It’s a real place.”<br /><br />It was hardly the sort of place anyone would care to visit. The fact that it was 63 light years away did not make it any less real.<br /><br />A real place.<br /><br />That night, Kathleen managed to sleep without the help of a pill. But she dreamed of Larry, in the den, signing a contract with a man who looked and acted like a normal person. But was not. In the background, Jeanine was saying, “It’s a real place, Mom, just like Dante and Virgil said. It’s a real place.”<br /><br />It’s real. Even though you can’t see or touch it. Or it’s in another dimension. Or 63 light years away. Or you can’t imagine it. It’s real, Mom.<br /><br />It’s real.Renee Scattergoodhttps://plus.google.com/100671337443224225702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3623079982347315070.post-91754848216043553002018-09-03T14:00:00.000+10:002018-09-03T14:00:05.355+10:00Centurion (The Guardian League, Book Two): A #Romance #Novel by TK lawyer<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/2yHMc7T" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="405" data-original-width="600" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cqQ_jMhXWEc/WzH2Vyt10kI/AAAAAAAACn0/GDgGGj_K6pIBb8_D-PTLiAY90o3N660CwCLcBGAs/s1600/He%2Bjust%2Bwanted%2Bher.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>TK Lawyer has always had an interest in the strange and unusual and she’s a romantic by heart.<br /><br />She writes passion-filled paranormal romance with Angels and Wolf Shifters- weaving tales of alpha males willing to do anything for the one feisty, curvaceous, strong-willed woman who has won their heart. Her alpha males will go to any length to please their mate, in and out of the bed.<br /><br />She invites you to enter her world and be entertained. After all, she writes for you.<br /><br /><h2 style="text-align: center;">Connect with the Author</h2><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://tklawyerauthor.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Website/Blog</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/2Kp1ZtB" target="_blank">Amazon Author Page</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/tklawyer" target="_blank">Smashwords Author Page</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/12764640.T_K_Lawyer" target="_blank">Goodreads Author Page</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.bookbub.com/authors/t-k-lawyer" target="_blank">BookBub Author Page</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/tklawyerauthor" target="_blank">Facebook Author Page</a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://twitter.com/tklawyerauthor" target="_blank">Twitter</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/109094672467230073885" target="_blank">Google+</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.pinterest.com/tklawyerauthor/" target="_blank">Pinterest</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/authortklawyerfanpage/" target="_blank">Instagram</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_m5NYSnJJIoQV2AHCwoUgA" target="_blank">YouTube</a></div><br /><h3 style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://eepurl.com/dvonKn" target="_blank">Sign up for her newsletter!</a></h3><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/2yHMc7T" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="200" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Rmp8DGxk2Ms/WzH2g1_k2nI/AAAAAAAACn4/6po4KSWg7aAqMfydwQ7CsCI5_oD3qPhZgCLcBGAs/s1600/Centurion_LRG.jpg" /></a></div><h2>About the Book</h2><br />Centurion has it all. A talented charge, ladies at his disposal for a single encounter or more and access to all the coffee he wants once he lands on Earth. Plus, he’s second in command of the volunteer band of angels called the Guardian League. The one thing he never wanted was an intimate relationship with a human beyond the usual angel-charge boundaries.<br /><br />So when he finds a woman as strong and hot as the human beverage that tickles his fancy, what else can he do but pursue her until he figures out what to do with her.<br /><br />April loves her enticing, hunky angel but he’s a lot to handle. He’s cocky, unpredictable but most of all… incorrigible. What is she to do with a male who lives life by his own schedule?<br /><br />Can April and Centurion form a compromise and allow love to bind them together? Or will Centurion’s inability to commit wedge them apart, forever?<br /><br /><h4 style="text-align: center;">Get it Today!</h4><br /><h3 style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/2yHMc7T" target="_blank">Amazon</a>&nbsp;| <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/centurion-tk-lawyer/1125253573" target="_blank">Barnes &amp; Noble</a>&nbsp;| <a href="https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/centurion-book-two-the-guardian-league" target="_blank">Kobo</a>&nbsp;|<a href="https://www.foundationsbooks.net/book/centurion-book-two-the-guardian-league-2/" target="_blank"> Foundations Books</a></h3><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="YOUTUBE-iframe-video" data-thumbnail-src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/S5IVQTZZ7a0/0.jpg" frameborder="0" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/S5IVQTZZ7a0?feature=player_embedded" width="320"></iframe></div><br /><br /><br /><h2>Keep reading for an excerpt:</h2><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/2yHMc7T" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="406" data-original-width="600" height="270" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-eBXJ1ZlDM_Q/WzH2uqIAQlI/AAAAAAAACoA/tLux5RIR2hMSuw6uUI6yQ2OeAAja0j6ywCLcBGAs/s400/Fire%2Bin%2Bthe%2Bnight2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Out of the thirty females gathered, only five were interested in her jewelry. The others twenty-five were interested in the stranger; some even asked April if she knew him or knew anything about him. Goodness! This was an art show, not a manhunt. You’d never know by the way these women were on the prowl.<br /><br />She peeked at him in between helping her customers and each time she found him watching her. Her heartbeat picked up every time she caught him. Why did he continue staring at her? Oh god no! Was he a Ted Bundy? She had enough looney tune men in her life and wasn’t searching for another. She snuck a peek his way and found him. There he was again, looking at her. This time, he smiled. It should’ve been creepy but instead, it exhilarated her, had her insides quivering and her heart turning flip-flops. She swore every time he grinned at her, her toes curled and her inner thighs trembled. What was wrong with her? He was handsome, but good god! You’d think she was a virgin—which she wasn’t. Not that she had a sordid past complete with loads of sex but she wasn’t a prude either.<br /><br />She turned to the strange male. “I’m sorry, uh–¬uh…”<br /><br />“Centurion,” he said, holding some earrings up toward the overhead light.<br /><br />“I’m not sure when I’ll be done.”<br /><br />“Don’t worry. I’ll wait.”<br /><br />He was tenacious, she’d give him that. There was some reason he kept hanging around but it wasn’t to buy jewelry and she wasn’t interested in dating. She hadn’t found the right man yet and she doubted this Greek god, this Thor among men was the one. He was probably “full of himself” expecting all women to cater to his needs because he was good-looking and desirable, just like her ex. He was in for a rude awakening.<br /><br />She was finally able to break away. “Listen, mister.” She walked up and called out to him at the same time.<br /><br />“Centurion.”<br /><br />“Are you really interested in jewelry or are you interested in something else?” She placed her hands on her hips. He was laughing. How rude.<br /><br />“I really like this one.” Centurion pointed to the first necklace he looked at. It was part of a set.<br /><br />“What do you like about it?”<br /><br />“The name of it is intriguing. Serenity, an Angel’s present. Tell me, do you believe in Angels?” Centurion leaned over the table.Renee Scattergoodhttps://plus.google.com/100671337443224225702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3623079982347315070.post-22155203973509128582018-08-29T14:00:00.000+10:002018-08-29T14:00:13.744+10:00Surrender Series: A #Romance #Novel #Series by Deanna Jewel<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/2MVcLfJ" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="600" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-l-5jHktE0zU/W4U6Oqph8aI/AAAAAAAAC1s/tJu8KWe07RIoOnXM3siqXnHijEElDXXOwCLcBGAs/s1600/SurrenderSeriesBundle_sale%2B-%2BTerry%2BBlankenship.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-H2gnvVK3Sc8/W4U6fnnq9rI/AAAAAAAAC10/VHxE4H4UFrA_kRVoNWGU1RjsoheMJWFSACLcBGAs/s1600/DeannaJewel2_3x4-300dpi%2B-%2BTerry%2BBlankenship.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="250" data-original-width="189" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-H2gnvVK3Sc8/W4U6fnnq9rI/AAAAAAAAC10/VHxE4H4UFrA_kRVoNWGU1RjsoheMJWFSACLcBGAs/s1600/DeannaJewel2_3x4-300dpi%2B-%2BTerry%2BBlankenship.jpg" /></a></div>Deanna Jewel lives in the Pacific Northwest and has been writing multi-genre romance since 1991. She is married to a retired captain of the fire department. He’s also owned his own businesses for 28 years. They have two Siamese cats: Zoie and Sinbad, who keep them entertained. Deanna has enjoyed reading historical romance novels for over thirty years, gardening, and traveling.<br /><br />She writes to draw the reader into the story to experience what the characters feel, to show both the hero's and heroine's points of view, and to take the reader away from their everyday stress to a place not yet visited.<br /><br />A trip to Dubois, Wyoming, south of Yellowstone, inspired her time-travel novel. The landscape and town locations described in NEVER SURRENDER are real. Jon Daley, a professor at Boise State University, translated the Shoshone language that you will find in the book. This novel won an Honorable Mention in the 2008 Quill Awards at Writing.com and in 2016 won the Marie M. Irvine Literary Excellence Award.<br /><br /><h2 style="text-align: center;">Connect with the Author</h2><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://deannajewel.com/" target="_blank">Website</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://deannajewel.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Blog</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/2PLo9tp" target="_blank">Amazon Author Page</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/deannajewel" target="_blank">Smashwords Author Page</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/3108179.Deanna_Jewel" target="_blank">Goodreads Author Page</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/DeannaJewelAuthor" target="_blank">Facebook Author Page</a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/deanna.jewel" target="_blank">Facebook</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://twitter.com/DeannaJewel" target="_blank">Twitter</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/+DeannaJewel_Author" target="_blank">Google+</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://pinterest.com/deannajewel" target="_blank">Pinterest</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/DeannaJewelAuthor?feature=mhsn" target="_blank">YouTube</a></div><br /><h3 style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://deannajewelbooks.activehosted.com/f/1" target="_blank">Get a Free Book and Other Freebies!</a></h3><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/2MVcLfJ" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="200" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-haQ9Rskw4ag/W4U6lFsrZJI/AAAAAAAAC14/6vGnOkYNI242C8y5RLcA4V4FPSXUipVEQCLcBGAs/s1600/NeverSurrender_400x600%2B-%2BTerry%2BBlankenship.jpg" /></a></div><h2>About the Books</h2><br />Is it possible for souls to travel through time and reunite more than one hundred years later? Does the soul continually search until somehow, it finds the one true soul mate even through time? Anything is possible when one believes in soul reincarnation. A half-breed warrior has entered into Kate’s dream, in search of her as his soul mate and doesn’t let her rest until she is reunited in time with her true lover from a past life. Kate and Taima endure personality clashes, jealousy and shapeshifters before they understand what the Great Spirit has planned for them.<br /><br /><h4 style="text-align: center;">Get it Today!</h4><br /><h3 style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/2MVcLfJ" target="_blank">Amazon</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/never-surrender-deanna-jewel/1100075425?ean=9780997102321" target="_blank">Barnes &amp; Noble</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/deanna-jewel/id381551641?mt=11" target="_blank">iBooks</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.doceblant.com/deanna-jewel/" target="_blank">Doce Blant Publishing</a></h3><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://amzn.to/2P9kjcj" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="308" data-original-width="200" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-DUOApYkdAYY/W4VALsE6gTI/AAAAAAAAC2I/NOwprsJu9PcIECLm_bSsd8wuqRlDQ9CzwCEwYBhgL/s1600/FinalSurrender400x600.jpg" /></a></div>Brandon wears an heirloom passed down to him from his father and grandfather. From the time he began wearing the emerald-studded ring, visions of a woman appeared in his dreams. For years, he’s been on the search for her so he can get on with his life…and hers. Is it possible to reconnect with a soul mate from a previous life? Once he finds his dream woman, he’ll soon find the answers he’s been seeking!<br /><br />Kate and Brandon have just met, yet their souls have reconnected from a past life each of them must now learn more about. Kate’s previous dreams are becoming reality as she talks with Brandon about her dream-travel back in time. She can’t believe the resemblance that Brandon has to the man in her dream-travel, nor the romantic feelings she has toward a man she’s never met.<div><br /></div><h4 style="text-align: center;">Get it Today!</h4><div><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/2P9kjcj" target="_blank">Amazon</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/final-surrender-deanna-jewel/1128486103?ean=9780692088579" target="_blank">Barnes &amp; Noble</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/final-surrender/id1369960738?mt=11" target="_blank">iBooks</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="https://www.doceblant.com/deanna-jewel/" target="_blank">Doce Blant Publishing</a></h3><div><div><br /></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe width="320" height="266" class="YOUTUBE-iframe-video" data-thumbnail-src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/GNdxg-8duw0/0.jpg" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/GNdxg-8duw0?feature=player_embedded" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></div><br /><br /><br /><h2>Keep reading for an excerpt from <i>Never Surrender</i>:</h2><br />Keeping his gaze trained ahead of him, Taima strode past a group of giggling young girls, wishing Ahanu would catch up with him. He needed to talk with Sakima and inform him of Kate’s presence and why she was here, though the older man had probably seen her arrival in one of his visions. Sakima’s knowledge always seemed to astound Taima. For one individual to know so much of what the spirit gods sent their way proved fact enough that Sakima was their chosen shaman.<br /><br />He sat cross-legged before a fire, wrapped in a buffalo hide. Wise beyond his fifty summers, Sakima’s dark eyes met Taima’s. Their gazes never broke as Taima sat across from him at the fire, next to Ahanu. The three sat in silence for a long time.<br /><br />“You are troubled, my son.”<br /><br />Taima looked into the fire, then poked at the glowing embers with a stick. “Noshi...father...capturing the white woman has disturbed memories I would rather not dwell on.”<br /><br />“Sometimes the spirits know more than we do. Perhaps they think it is time you did dwell on your memories. Perhaps now, it is time to think of the past again.”<br /><br />Taima gazed into the older warrior’s profound, dark eyes, not wanting to stir his own painful thoughts. “Noshi, please . . .”<br /><br />The shaman nodded slowly. “Nechan...my son...I, too, have memories of your mother. She came to mean more than life to me. But from the Great Spirits, I’ve learned we must often face the past in order to carry on into our future.”<br /><br />Taima sighed and stared at the early stars. “Have your Great Spirits advised you how to deal with the sorrow of dredging up what’s better left in the past?” He glanced back at his father, trying to read his thoughts through the seasoned dark eyes that gazed back at him.<br /><br />“Yes, Nechan...and you will always feel a tug on your heart whenever you think of your wife or mother. But you have dealt with these emotions before and though our group here is small, our people look to you for strength and guidance. You’ve never disappointed them in this task. Now it is your turn to learn to pull strength from those around you.”<br /><br />This time, Ahanu poked the fire with a twig. Taima watched the tip dig through the glowing embers, feeling his heartburn with pain, as though the coals were within his chest.<br /><br />He fought against the memories that never disappeared from his thoughts. The vision of his slender wife, her dark eyes gazing from a delicate, oval face, never disappeared from his mind’s eye or the memory of her hair’s silkiness when he ran his fingers through its length, nor the softness of her warm, naked flesh against his own. His heart ached to be with her, something he wished for daily. Because of the white man, he would never again see or touch her...and he could not allow a white woman to replace those thoughts and memories.<br /><br />The white man had also robbed him of a mother with more tenderness and spirit than three women put together. Her loving blue eyes would forever haunt his dreams.<br /><br />The fire before him blurred as Taima blinked away the tears that threatened to fall.<br /><br />Kate was white...and beautiful, but that was not her fault, and he honestly couldn’t hate her for it. What he did not want was to fall in love with her, to have her memory invade his thoughts. Those tender thoughts were reserved only for his wife. He knew he couldn’t be around Kate but to release her into the wilderness after the raid would have been the same as murder.<br /><br />Ahanu’s wife, Aiyana, could see to her training. Kate would be a needed worker, one to help with the meat and hides of the coming hunt. She would be kept too busy to cause anyone problems, especially him.<br /><br />“Your anger and hatred are easily read in your eyes, Nechan. You must learn to control your emotions. I, too, am angry at the white man for taking my woman from me.” His father paused a moment before continuing. “How are you going to deal with this new woman?”</div>Renee Scattergoodhttps://plus.google.com/100671337443224225702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3623079982347315070.post-89752177112383775172018-08-22T14:00:00.000+10:002018-08-22T14:00:06.446+10:00Clandestine Volume 1: Loyalty - An #Action #Adventure #Novel by Morgan LionHeart<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Rp_rhSZWKbw/W2Fap_L5JfI/AAAAAAAACzw/boEAyrOyKps7t8B1_BGwe_StlC0DO1HjACLcBGAs/s1600/Author%2BPage%2Bpicture%2B-%2BMorgan%2BLionheart.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="246" data-original-width="250" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Rp_rhSZWKbw/W2Fap_L5JfI/AAAAAAAACzw/boEAyrOyKps7t8B1_BGwe_StlC0DO1HjACLcBGAs/s1600/Author%2BPage%2Bpicture%2B-%2BMorgan%2BLionheart.jpg" /></a></div>Today, I had a very interesting conversation come up when I was talking to someone who I consider a good friend. "What is your dream?" I think as we live and grow, those change and, that's OK. We're all following what I think we all consider sometimes to be "clumsy dreams"<br /><br />My dream, might sound a bit clechè and just like words but here it is.<br /><br />When I was about 16, and just beginning to appreciate anime. My cousin introduced me to "Bleach" those who have heard of it will think what you will but the thing I got most from it was perseverance.<br /><br />Later, although I liked anime like that still, I found I was looking for something else. That's when I found "Kanon" What an incredible and interesting story.<br /><br />It laid out some things very clearly<br /><br /><ul><li>death</li><li>disease</li><li>depression</li><li>loss</li><li>malice</li></ul><br /><br />But it also showed something else<br /><br /><ul><li>perseverance</li><li>joy</li><li>living each day happy even if you had no idea if tomorrow would come</li><li>family</li><li>comfort</li><li>never EVER giving up on those who matter to you, even if you're not sure sometimes why they matter</li><li>miracles (big and small)</li></ul><br /><br />I came across others with those same elements. Including. Anime from the same company as "Kanon" itself.<br /><br />Here's the part that may seem a bit clichè and some might think a bit fake. I'm not afraid to say some might believe that.<br /><br />I don't really care about the popularity or success of my books. Sure getting readers and likes, followers, shares, they feel good. But I don't really care if only one person reads. As long as they understand and it inspires them, like those anime did for me.<br /><br />Some of my content is and will continue to be brash, harsh, hard to read but, in a world like we live in now. I believe it's necessary, putting these things in such a way that hard and stubborn hearts will understand.<br /><br />That's my dream.<br /><br /><h2 style="text-align: center;">Connect with the Author</h2><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/ClandestineSeries/" target="_blank">Website</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/2mZGFkr" target="_blank">Amazon Author Page</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/MorganLionheart1992" target="_blank">Smashwords Author Page</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/ClandestineSeries/" target="_blank">Facebook Author Page</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://twitter.com/ClandestineByML" target="_blank">Twitter</a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/2M4B6w8" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="286" data-original-width="200" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-it7qPi1jyfo/W2FavkwRDlI/AAAAAAAACz0/K_4N4WMQ4oYHWC9nCW9yITimeWNW4RMfgCLcBGAs/s1600/Book%2BCover%2B%2528Smashwords%2529%2B-%2BMorgan%2BLionheart.jpg" /></a></div><h2>About the Book</h2><br />Three-year-old Kai's life was changed forever when his home was attacked one fateful day.<br /><br />A shadowy figure stole everything from him. Until his saviour took him in and once again gave him a family. To this day, dreams of that tragedy plague him... Besides that, he lives a pretty happy life with that woman and her daughter, Himari..<br /><br />When he was 15 years old his Foster mother brought him into the ranks of the V.H.A (Vampire Hunting Association) Their job, protect the humans from the supernaturals who try to do them harm and protect the ones that simply want a better life.<br /><br />Now, he's the best of the best, but secrets, lies, and a new partner might take away everything they've built.<br /><br /><h4 style="text-align: center;">Get it Today!</h4><br /><h3 style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/2M4B6w8" target="_blank">Amazon</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/879948?ref=rscatts" target="_blank">Smashwords</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/clandestine-volume-1-morgan-lionheart/1129134537?ean=2940155343073" target="_blank">Barnes &amp; Noble</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/clandestine-volume-1-loyalty" target="_blank">Kobo</a></h3><br /><br /><h2 style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/ClandestineSeries/videos/1099884563504233/" target="_blank">You can watch the trailer here!</a></h2><br /><br /><h2>Keep reading for an excerpt:</h2><br />A chuckle escaped the man's lips. "Kai, you're a daywalker correct?”<br /><br />He nodded his head in response to the man's inquisition.<br /><br />"That means you walk a sort of line. You live with that every day. Not one of them, but not one of the humans either."<br /><br />Kai nodded. "So what's your point?"<br /><br />The man simply sighed. “You really don't see it? She is a human born with the knowledge and power of a supernatural. It doesn't take much to see you both walk the tightrope along that very thin line between man and, well, something else."<br /><br />Truth was, he had never thought of it like that before—all he really knew was how annoying she had been to him all these years. But hearing it like that really made him think.Renee Scattergoodhttps://plus.google.com/100671337443224225702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3623079982347315070.post-80510530606059238582018-08-20T14:00:00.000+10:002018-10-04T00:14:21.591+10:00Low level Laser therapy for Physical Therapists: An #AlternativeMedicine and #Wellness Guide by Malini Chaudhri<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/2uXqAQS" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="276" data-original-width="600" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OqduURwSDgU/W16VqyUfRpI/AAAAAAAACyo/J_njEgUZ2aoq2P72zmA_1R4pVMMiE-34QCLcBGAs/s1600/AUTHORS%2BPAGE%2B-%2BM%2BChaudhri.png" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-20BFSCQ6ptA/W16V1WG9obI/AAAAAAAACys/WkbQuMzbayQ-d_zeD_7ySHMa9P8KHoCegCLcBGAs/s1600/PicsArt_139%2B-%2BM%2BChaudhri.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="250" data-original-width="188" height="200" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-20BFSCQ6ptA/W16V1WG9obI/AAAAAAAACys/WkbQuMzbayQ-d_zeD_7ySHMa9P8KHoCegCLcBGAs/s200/PicsArt_139%2B-%2BM%2BChaudhri.jpg" width="150" /></a></div>The author has published five books on Non-Fiction, based on statutes. She is an Ezine expert author and contributes articles on alternative medicine, law, and content curation. She has been a former certified Academy Manager of a British government cosmetology, spa and massage qualification in India and manages quality assurance.<br /><br />She has lived in China and USA(sponsored) and obtained license to practise medical acupuncture, lymphology and sports massage.<br /><br />She has been awarded a Library Thing medal.<br /><br /><br /><br /><h2 style="text-align: center;">Connect to the Author</h2><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://malinichaudhri.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Blog</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/2AlOXN2" target="_blank">Amazon Author Page</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="ttps://www.goodreads.com/malini_chaudhri" target="_blank">Goodreads Author Page</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/centerforwellness.delhi" target="_blank">Facebook Author Page</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.tapchief.com/malinichaudhri" target="_blank">TapChief</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://twitter.com/maliniwellness" target="_blank">Twitter</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/malinichaudhri" target="_blank">Pinterest</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/malinichaudhri" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/2uXqAQS" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="318" data-original-width="200" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_8jPJJYOJEU/W16V8wKClpI/AAAAAAAACy0/Seo4f7zWBr8NuTFX41wll7CCwq3U2jh8ACLcBGAs/s1600/517%252BDyla6%2B-%2BM%2BChaudhri.jpg" /></a></div><h2>About the Book</h2><br />This is the Second edition of a popular practical book on Low-Level Laser Therapy dedicated to a technical skills development framework for all practitioners of medicine, sports, spas and cam. It releases new aspects of photomedicine in its support to gene therapy, lymphatics, sports and systemic diseases. It shows a segment of invention dedicated to treating malignancy also. The lymphatic section can support the prevention of diseases as breast cancer and correction post-cancer. This is Everyman's book. It is written in collaboration with Jan Tunér, who is a world famous editor, author and leader in this scientific field.<br /><br />The book covers keynotes of Influencers and scientific leaders as Tiina Karu, Michael Hamblin, Pekka Pontinen, Oshiro, Nogier and Michael Weber.<br /><br />This book is an illustrated guide for optimized therapeutic response with controlled SOAP.<br /><br />It also shows the futuristic and absolute recovery potential of systemic disease, without drugs, which makes it a possible hope for the future of medicine.<br /><br />The interior of this book provides technical and illustrated data on stages of therapy, anatomical approach, complementary and alternative sciences for plan of care. The book shows range in process and therapies, and covers pain management, sports rehabilitation, acupuncture, lymphatic drainage and reconstruction and even intravenous laser.<br /><br />It covers all verified clinical and approved knowledge on acupuncture points undergoing in-nervation by laser. It covers reinforcement strategies through auricular master points and embryonic zones. It also shows rare aspects of physical rehabilitation through positional release and reciprocal inhibition.<br />The book maintains a parallel commentary which is the best support from the editor and his scientific network. This merges with the technical mapping of significant information for powerful and successful therapy.<br /><br />This book applies to Laser in Medicine, Sports therapy, neuroscience, Lymphology, Acupuncture and alternative cancer therapies. It is recommended for physical therapists and for persons in debility in need of self-help support.<br /><br />This book was listed in the Laser Annals in 2016.<br /><br />Essential features of the book include:<br /><br /><ul><li>Basics of Low-level laser protocols in physical therapy.</li><li>Safety awareness in laser applications and in occupational practise.</li><li>Futuristic trends of laser therapy as an advanced healing modality with genetic potential.</li><li>General principles that therapists must know as demonstrated by experts in effective practise.</li><li>Techniques based on anatomical considerations and applied physiological laws as in the case of positional release, and reciprocal inhibition, trigger points or myofascial dysfunction.</li><li>Techniques based on lymphatics, placement of nodes, oedematic deposits and direction of lymph flow.</li><li>Techniques based on essential clinical acupuncture points and micro-acupuncture points to innervate treatment zones and innervate embryonic tissues, involving the use of frequencies.</li><li>News of advanced systemic therapies based on intravenous laser therapy and Photo dynamic therapy.</li></ul><br /><br /><h4 style="text-align: center;">Get it today on <a href="https://amzn.to/2uXqAQS" target="_blank">Amazon</a>!</h4><br /><br /><h2>Keep reading for an interview with the author:</h2><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/2uXqAQS" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="335" data-original-width="400" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-lNXfM8PLNeA/W16WKHhlHKI/AAAAAAAACy8/idjRj6PV5dwTujYT4MG7ZmhmaSS7lR0dQCLcBGAs/s1600/thumbnail_PicsArt_02-01-08.47.23%2B-%2BM%2BChaudhri.jpg" /></a></div><h3>Why did you decide to be a writer?</h3><br />I had a project to develop skills in therapies. I had to develop content.<br /><br /><h3>Did you have a hard time sharing your work with the public?</h3><br />My first project was arranged through a publisher who introduced me to Createspace where I could see book sales reports. A year later I updated the book. I was okay after the update.<br /><br /><h3>Where are you from?</h3><br />I am from India, with a masters degree in English. I taught English in a Chinese university for several years. Since then I have been in academics. Academics tutors writers because of large volumes of reading.<br /><br /><h3>Do you have a "day job"?</h3><br />Currently, I manage a Start-Up to promote my written content. That is a self-starter job. In India, women do not get jobs easily at a high level. The digital era has made matters worse.<br /><br /><h3>What genres do you write?</h3><br />Non-Fiction. Health-related<br /><br /><h3>Is there a genre that you've been wanting to experiment with?</h3><br />Non-Fiction, in my case, carries statutes. I maintain technical standards in my writing that are of value. I do experiment. My book has two threads. One belongs to technical description. The other belongs to editorial commentary from reknowned subject experts.<br /><br /><h3>What is the quirkiest thing you've ever done while writing?</h3><br />I have gone to Court. This has been a big buzz that actually improved my awareness of my rights as a citizen, as someone who owns intellectual properties. I hoped court would help avert the constant hacking, internet crashing and miscellaneous email issues invading privacy. However, I have ended up becoming a quasi-court in my own capacity.<br /><br /><h3>Which authors have most influenced you?</h3><br />I have been influenced by my mentor and editor Jan Tuner whom I met several times in laser conferences worldwide. I also follow others as Tina Karu, Michael Hamblin and Chukuka Enwemeka who have shaped the laser industry.<br /><br /><h3>When did you first consider yourself an author?</h3><br />Only recently, after two and a half years of witnessing successful sales on my Amazon member dashboard. I became a certified Ezine expert author for articles, and I appreciated the guidance on the short and long forms of authorship.<br /><br /><h3>What is the biggest obstacle you face as an author and what do you do to overcome it?</h3><br />I face threat. Some women are targeted in India both mystically and physically. There are agents that steal, deprive, harass and kill. I experience secret threats from groups that want my properties.<br /><br /><h3>What is the best compliment you've ever received as an author?</h3><br />I received the Library Thing medal. This absolutely made everything worthwhile.<br /><br /><h3>What is your writing process?</h3><br />I develop the skeletal structure first of the entire book and keep interspersing pages into it.<br /><br /><h3>Do you have any advice for other authors?</h3><br />My book Authors Digital Enterprise is free on the Internet Archives. I advise authors to read it. It marks the new era, changes in robotics and in satellites that influence authors works.Renee Scattergoodhttps://plus.google.com/100671337443224225702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3623079982347315070.post-50272485916357224522018-08-17T14:00:00.000+10:002018-08-17T14:00:04.234+10:00Legends: Catori - A #Romance #Novel by Maggie Adams<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/2KqUxlO" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="314" data-original-width="600" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-UUS4GUAoO4U/WztjSP2KJBI/AAAAAAAACpQ/W-EXJwv_dhczhX4TljFM7_V6UwRTHbzeQCLcBGAs/s1600/PQ1_Catori%2B-%2Bmaggie%2Badams.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-e1r2xFKxH_c/WztjMUoXjLI/AAAAAAAACpM/-z9aNIcZpUoClHsJU-bXx4KpycAZ31iNgCLcBGAs/s1600/Maggieadams%2B-%2Bmaggie%2Badams.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="250" data-original-width="250" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-e1r2xFKxH_c/WztjMUoXjLI/AAAAAAAACpM/-z9aNIcZpUoClHsJU-bXx4KpycAZ31iNgCLcBGAs/s1600/Maggieadams%2B-%2Bmaggie%2Badams.JPG" /></a>Maggie Adams is an Amazon Best Selling romance author. Her first book in the <i>Tempered Steel</i> Series, <i>Whistlin’ Dixie</i>, debuted in Amazon’s Top 100 for Women’s Fiction, humor, on November 2014. Since then, she has consistently made the Amazon bestseller 5-star list with her <i>Tempered Steel</i> Series. Her series has launched the tiny town of Grafton, Illinois, into international recognition with sales in Mexico, Ireland, Scotland, Australia and the UK. She is the recipient of various awards for excellence including Dayreader Reviews Best of 2015, the Readers Favorite Award 2016, the Indie Romance Convention Romantic Comedy Award 2017 and the 2017 New Apple Awards -Suspense<br /><br />She also writes erotica, paranormal romance, young adult romance and women’s fiction. Maggie’s books can be found on eBook and paperback on her website and all book sites.<br /><br />When she’s not writing, she can be found dancing, singing and cooking (usually all at the same time), and spending time with her family and friends.<br /><br /><h2 style="text-align: center;">Connect with the Author</h2><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.maggieadamsbooks.com/" target="_blank">Website/Blog</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/2tWJRkX" target="_blank">Amazon Author Page</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/maggieadamsbooks" target="_blank">Smashwords Author Page</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/9867300.Maggie_Adams" target="_blank">Goodreads Author Page</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.bookbub.com/authors/maggie-adams" target="_blank">BookBub Author Page</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/maggieadamsbooks" target="_blank">Facebook Author Page</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/maggie-adams/290509485" target="_blank">iTunes Author Page</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://twitter.com/AuthrMaggieAdms" target="_blank">Twitter</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://google.com/+MaggieAdamsBooksMaggieAdamsBooksChat" target="_blank">Google+</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.pinterest.com/maggiesminxes/" target="_blank">Pinterest</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/maggieadamsbooks/" target="_blank">Instagram</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/maggie-adams-006a8b142" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://maggieadamsbooks.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">Tumblr</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><h3><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/maggiesminxes" target="_blank">Join Maggie's Minxes!</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.maggieadamsbooks.com/" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://www.maggieadamsbooks.com/" target="_blank">Get a Free Book!</a></div></h3><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/2KqUxlO" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="231" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-t8RP_Vu__x4/WztjdQfxt7I/AAAAAAAACpY/2CMI6IqQRAIGy4CwqqeODlIOj-ujm13yQCLcBGAs/s1600/catori%2Bpaperback%2B-%2Bmaggie%2Badams.png" /></a></div><h2>About the Book</h2><br />It’s hard to keep secrets in a small town…It’s even harder to keep a secret that could expose not only your family but an entire species. That’s what Frankie Cavanaugh must do. As the daughter of the leader of the Wisdom Council, it’s up to her to step into her father’s shoes until another leader is chosen.<br /><br />Tanner Coalson is fresh out of college and ready to tackle whatever life has in store for him. First item on his to-do list is marrying the woman he has loved for years. He knows Frankie will balk at the notion because she’s fifteen years older and was his childhood sitter.<br /><br />But convincing her they are destined to be together gets much harder when she is kidnapped by an old enemy. Frankie may have to reveal her secret, and Tanner may have to accept what seems impossible or reject the love of his life.<br /><br /><h4 style="text-align: center;">Get it Today!</h4><br /><h3 style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/2KqUxlO" target="_blank">Amazon</a>&nbsp;| <a href="https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/811868?ref=rscatts" target="_blank">Smashwords</a>&nbsp;| <a href="https://books2read.com/u/4jDrdl?store=bn" target="_blank">Barnes &amp; Noble</a> | <a href="https://books2read.com/u/4jDrdl?store=kobo" target="_blank">Kobo</a></h3><br /><br /><h2>Keep reading for a guest post:</h2><br />Growing up in Grafton, Illinois, situated between the Mississippi River and the limestone bluffs carved from it eons ago, the legend of the Piasa Bird is well known. There is even a rendering of the Native American bird on a bluff wall on the National Scenic Byway (or as we like to call it, the River Road).<br /><br />The "Piasa" is a birdlike monster as large as a calf, with horns like a deer, red eyes, a human face, the body covered with green, red and black scales, and a tail so long it passed around the body. The creature was given its name by the Illini Indians, "The Piasa", a bird that devours men.<br /><br />Well, I thought about legends, and how some have a basis of truth or religious belief attached to their stories. That got me to thinking about all the bedtime stories, campfire recollections, and folklore of the area, including the Piasa Bird. Now, wouldn’t it be cool if there really was some truth to the shifter tales we read about? So, I picked one area, Native American legends, and focused on that for my research.<br /><br />I learned about power animals or “spirit guides” that many tribes believe come to them in dreams, especially on vision quests. They take many forms and appear for different reasons, but for purposes of my paranormal books, I decided to focus on the legends that have survived the test of time. The Hopi Tribe calls these special guardians, “Catori,” their name for spirit. That is the reasoning behind naming my first paranormal book, Legends: Catori.<br /><br />I focused on the Great Horned Owl as my first paranormal book, rather than the Piasa Bird, because of the varying tales throughout the Native American Tribes. Some see the owl as a harbinger of death, due to its nocturnal habits; however, others see it as an indication of wisdom or a foreshadowing of the future. So, to get a deeper understanding of the folklore and because I’m a firm believer that there is so much more than what can be seen with the eye, I called upon the wisdom of the Great Horned Owl to be my first legend in the anticipation that it will herald a future of entertaining and enlightening paranormal romances for everyone to enjoy. Hopefully, the tale of death won’t mean the demise of my career!<br /><br />Maggie Adams<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/2KqUxlO" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="314" data-original-width="600" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mWrJ21MESfw/WztjwjR7LOI/AAAAAAAACpk/GxBnXxP5T9g0g1h1cXu2xcWuS5lxcKxXwCLcBGAs/s1600/PQ4_Catori%2B-%2Bmaggie%2Badams.jpg" /></a></div><br />Renee Scattergoodhttps://plus.google.com/100671337443224225702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3623079982347315070.post-74418166815701952542018-08-15T14:00:00.000+10:002018-08-27T16:22:26.425+10:00Tower of Babel: A #Fantasy #Novel by Carol Roberts<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jpawSmkBp7o/WztagL1Be2I/AAAAAAAACpA/3oOV1Up-EZoFA8h6x3E0uXObKPUpRhbOQCLcBGAs/s1600/DSCF3022%2B-%2BCarol%2BSchluter.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="250" data-original-width="223" height="200" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jpawSmkBp7o/WztagL1Be2I/AAAAAAAACpA/3oOV1Up-EZoFA8h6x3E0uXObKPUpRhbOQCLcBGAs/s200/DSCF3022%2B-%2BCarol%2BSchluter.JPG" width="177" /></a></div>Carol Roberts is a freelance writer with particular interest in cultural myth. Originally from Vienna, she has spent all of her adult life in the Far North of New Zealand. Her work took her to several different countries, where she indulged her fascination with stories. 'Tower of Babel' is her second novel.<br /><br /><h2 style="text-align: center;">Connect with the Author</h2><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/2lTfY0i" target="_blank">Amazon Author Page</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/17739405.Carol_Roberts#comment_form" target="_blank">Goodreads Author Page</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://twitter.com/authorRobertsC" target="_blank">Twitter</a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/2PGN9Sh" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="301" data-original-width="200" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-LGmI1o3rMkk/W4OXoJ3_02I/AAAAAAAAC1U/vuw4Bu4CpVk0dqRlbwxVlkPk_Ps4LslSQCLcBGAs/s1600/41YXQzZ1FEL._SY346_.jpg" /></a></div><h2>About the Book</h2><br />An ancient text has corrupted the mind of King Ninus, Babylon 3000 BC. At the peak of his rulership there is one power he desires above all else, but it is not in his control, and his symbol of conquest (tower of Babel) lies incomplete.<br /><br />A man has been seriously injured and is without any memory of who he is. The woman, who finds him, saves his life and hides him from the king until he has fully recovered and can start to retrace his steps. But as Rihat’s memory starts to release his name and fragments of his life, he becomes once again embroiled in the past, thereby putting her in great danger. Because like him, she is compromised by a destiny beyond her own will, and like him, she is not free to follow the calling of her own heart.<br /><br />When he eventually re-lives the agony of who he is and why he has become that way, he is forced into choices that will affect both past and future.<br /><br /><h4 style="text-align: center;">Get it today on A<a href="https://amzn.to/2PGN9Sh" target="_blank">mazon!</a></h4><br /><br /><h2>Keep reading for an excerpt:</h2><br />It was past midnight when the sound of a horse’s hooves in the small outdoor patio woke her. It was highly unusual for anyone to visit at this hour of night, but she needed to know who had arrived, so she got out of bed and lit one of her oil lanterns. Before she had time to reach the door, however, there was a thump as though a sack of grain had been dropped off outside, and she decided to look out of the window first. She could only make out the tail and back of a horse, which seemed riderless, so she called out for the person to identify himself. There was no reply.<br /><br />Carefully she opened the door and looked outside. She lifted her oil lantern and nearly dropped it when she saw a man lying on the ground in a pool of blood, which was quickly spreading. She started to shake and lifted the lantern higher to see the horse. It was a beautifully kept, strong-looking, grey stallion, but its eyes were rolling to the back of its head, it was frothing from the mouth, and it, too, was covered with blood.<br /><br />She could not tell if the horse was injured or not, as there was only a thick, red streak on the horse’s side, where the rider had slid off and fallen to the ground. She stood frozen with panic, and her first impulse was to call out for help. Instead, she put her hand over her mouth to muffle all sounds, as she did not know where the attacker was. She had seen wounds and blood before, but this was the first time she faced it on her own. She knew she had to do something.Renee Scattergoodhttps://plus.google.com/100671337443224225702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3623079982347315070.post-27567172664654257732018-08-13T14:00:00.000+10:002018-08-13T14:00:03.310+10:00The Witching Well: #ChildrensFiction by S.D. Hintz<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aqsWgf4ak60/W1fXg-5tv7I/AAAAAAAACyA/R8DUQLpD3Pof7vasdF5obTnVOFRmTwdAwCLcBGAs/s1600/download%2B-%2BS.D.%2BHintz.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="250" data-original-width="164" height="200" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aqsWgf4ak60/W1fXg-5tv7I/AAAAAAAACyA/R8DUQLpD3Pof7vasdF5obTnVOFRmTwdAwCLcBGAs/s200/download%2B-%2BS.D.%2BHintz.jpg" width="131" /></a></div>S.D. Hintz’s novel <i>The Witching Well</i> will be published by Grinning Skull Press in Summer 2018., as well as his novella Bauble by World Castle Publishing in October 2018. In 2017 he had 5 short stories, 1 poem, and a novel published. <i>Vigilance &amp; Vengeance</i> (novel) by Solstice Publishing, Bellows by Dark Alley Press in Ink Stains, Volume 4, Housecall by MacKenzie Publishing in the <i>Two Eyes Open</i> anthology, <i>Temporary in The Misbehaving Dead</i> collection by <i>A Murder of Storytellers</i>, <i>The Devil’s Embrace in the Beautiful Lies</i>, <i>Painful Truths</i> anthology by Left Hand Publishers, Collingwood in the Scarlet Leaf Review, and <i>Aspects of a Rose</i> (poem) in the Cold Creek Review. He is the former Editor-in-Chief of KHP Publishers and extremely active on social media. He currently lives in Minnesota with his wife and two children.<br /><br /><br /><h2 style="text-align: center;">Connect with the Author</h2><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.sdhintz.net/" target="_blank">Website</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.sdhintz.net/blog" target="_blank">Blog</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/2uKDFwO" target="_blank">Amazon Author Page</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1819632.S_D_Hintz" target="_blank">Goodreads Author Page</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/people/SD-Hintz/100009558722144" target="_blank">Facebook Author Page</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://twitter.com/sdhintz?lang=en" target="_blank">Twitter</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCK21kad6W-EH1V9GreMWq5g" target="_blank">YouTube</a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/2NIfANQ" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="200" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xfbZpbZnOh4/W1fXm6KJ9AI/AAAAAAAACyE/5iWkVOSYTcIwiTSwj9KkuOgJV_4ph3eNwCLcBGAs/s1600/Witching%2BWell%2B-%2BS.D.%2BHintz.jpg" /></a></div><h2>About the Book</h2><br /><h3 style="text-align: center;">It's the end of the world…</h3><br />…as Murray Macabe knows it. The security of his home life has been ripped out from under him when his mother was brutally murdered. Rejected by his aunt, Murray only has one place left to go, and that's to live the rest of his life with a woman he barely knows.<br /><br />To Grandmother's House He Goes<br /><br />At first, life with his grandmother doesn't seem like it's going to be that bad, but Murray soon learns his grandmother harbors dark secrets.<br /><br />Double, Double Toil and Trouble; Fire Burn and Cauldron Bubble<br /><br />As bad as Grandma's secrets might be, they are nothing compared to the secrets held by the neighbors, three elderly women who have set their sights on Murray for their own dastardly purposes. Soon Murray finds himself fighting for his very life, and there's no one to turn to for help because everyone knows there's no such thing as witches.<br /><br /><h4 style="text-align: center;">Get it today on <a href="https://amzn.to/2NIfANQ" target="_blank">Amazon</a>!</h4><br /><br /><h2>Keep reading for an excerpt:</h2><br />Grandma stood with a slight groan. “Murray? Would you be a dear and go turn on the hose for me? The spigot’s on the side of the house, just off the path.”<br /><br />“Okay.”<br /><br />“Thank you, sweetie.”<br /><br />Murray turned and headed toward the path winding to the front yard. The roses flanked him momentarily, swaying, leaning after him. He stepped up his pace. He sighed as the garden receded like waves on a shore, the haunts failing to snag him in their undertow. He set foot on the sun-bleached bricks and hurried to the corner of the house.<br /><br />The neighboring dreary dwelling came into view. A mighty oak cast the fenceless backyard in shadows. Dandelions and creeping Charlie dotted the ankle-high lawn. A rusted, chain link dog kennel begged for use beside an overgrown mulberry. The house itself — two stories tall, split-level, and stucco with shuttered windows. The slate half hip roof added to the overall resemblance of a giant tombstone. Murray figured it was either haunted or once served as a mortuary.<br /><br />He spotted the white spigot protruding from the side of the house, fastened to the green hose. A trickle of water seeped from the connection and dripped below. Murray approached it and reached for the red handle.<br /><br />A shadow flitted out of the corner of his eye. A guttural growl stopped him in his tracks, his hand frozen on the handle.<br /><br />He turned his head and looked over his shoulder. A jet-black Rottweiler crept from the shadows of the yard. Murray’s first thought was Cujo, even though the breed differed. A brown streak curved from its hooked nose to the tip of its tail. It bared its fangs, snarling as it slunk between the oaks, pursuing its prey like a starved lion.<br /><br />Murray’s heart somersaulted and his body broke into a sweat. He looked to his right. Grandma Anna remained in the backyard, out of sight.<br /><br />He let go of the handle and backpedaled. He grunted as the spigot jabbed him in the calf. Cornered! His mind hurtled through corridors of past advice. He knew it wise to stand tall and allow a dog to sniff the hand. Yet with a hostile animal, did the same rules apply? He knew he could make a run for it, but doubted he would win the race.<br /><br />The Rottweiler continued to approach, slowly, stalking through the shadows. It crossed the property line, which was divided by a sunray. Its gaze narrowed, full of rage, as if the mere sight of a child ruined its day.<br /><br />Murray glanced about, eyes wide, praying Grandma Anna would show up, perhaps wondering what prolonged his departure. No such luck.<br /><br />The Rottweiler sprinted toward him, barking breathlessly. It stopped a yard away and snapped its jaws. Murray cringed against the house.Renee Scattergoodhttps://plus.google.com/100671337443224225702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3623079982347315070.post-32093074641025209272018-08-10T14:00:00.000+10:002018-08-10T14:00:04.319+10:00The Lost Tayamu: A #Fantasy #Novel by Ben CassFrom a young age, Ben Cass was in love with the premises of fantasy novels and comic books: amazing creatures, fantastic heroes, and magical powers that existed right beneath our noses. He created detailed storylines to act out with his toys, often updating the stories until he was satisfied with the plots.<br /><br />A native Floridian, Ben attended Florida Southern College, where he earned his Bachelor of Science in Mathematics, double-majoring in Secondary Education. Ben graduated in 1998, and has been working in the field of education ever since.<br /><br />Ben lives in beautiful Broward County, Florida, with his wife and son, where he continues his career as an educator and is currently working on the second book in the <i>Legends of Kiamada </i>series, "The Uncrowned Queen".<br /><br /><h2 style="text-align: center;">Connect with the Author</h2><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.bencassbooks.com/" target="_blank">Website</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.bencassbooks.com/blog" target="_blank">Blog</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/2zT8HHw" target="_blank">Amazon Author Page</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/bencassauthor" target="_blank">Facebook Author Page</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://twitter.com/bencassauthor" target="_blank">Twitter</a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/2O4R22X" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="200" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-G5n8J94pAW4/W1FOfyikLdI/AAAAAAAACwg/i-_eFS3v4gQYb7BNDGCgygS5JYvLCmbFwCLcBGAs/s1600/The%2BLost%2BTayamu%2Bfront%2Bcover%2Bjpeg%2B-%2BBen%2BCass.jpg" /></a></div><h2>About the Book</h2><br />At 16 years old, Jen stumbled out of the forest and into the woods that fringe the small midwestern town of Groverton, remembering nothing about her life except her first name and age. She was soon adopted by the Aston family, whose young daughter Ellie was thrilled to get a sibling.<br /><br />Now, twelve years later, Jen is living a good life as a news anchor, raising Ellie after their parents were killed in a house fire. Jen still can’t remember her past, but that doesn’t really bother her, since she and Ellie are in a good place now.<br /><br />Things suddenly change when Jen barely escapes three attempts on her life, leaving the sisters shaken and afraid. Jen owes her life to the secretive new PE teacher, Coach Doyle, who has miraculously appeared to save her every time. Doyle has fighting skills fit for a martial arts movie and reflexes just this side of impossible, but how long can he keep them safe? And why does Jen feel like she should know him?<br /><br />While Jen starts to fall in love with the charming Doyle, Ellie is shocked when she discovers something otherworldly in the coach’s barn, convincing her that Doyle is definitely not a PE teacher. Ellie does not like secrets being kept from her, and is determined to unravel the enigma that is Coach Doyle. The truths that will be revealed, however, will change all their lives forever…and just might help save the magical land of Kiamada.<br /><br /><h4 style="text-align: center;">Get it today on <a href="https://amzn.to/2O4R22X" target="_blank">Amazon</a>!</h4><br /><br /><h2>Keep reading for an interview with the author:</h2><br /><h3>Did you have a hard time sharing your work with the public?</h3><br />Very hard. I spent 13 years honing this book. There were stretches where I didn't write for several years, literally. I built up the courage in January after my grandmother passed away. The day after she died, I felt a push to post on the NaNoWriMo forums, in the critique partner area. I finally did, and within a day, had a response from somebody (the amazing Ava Larksen) who said she felt a push to reply to me. We quickly became friends, and her critique suggestions helped me nearly double the size of the book and expand on things that I'd just glossed over. I added other critique partners when I joined Twitter, and they were just as sweet and helpful. Ava and I have never met or spoken, aside from chatting online, but she is the first person I go to for this series because she's as invested in the characters as I am. Her reaction helped me get over the fear of sharing.<br /><br /><h3>Where are you from?</h3><br /><br />I'm a native Floridian. I grew up in Central Florida, then moved to South Florida a few years ago. I have no idea about the writing community because I'm an introvert and don't really seek people out. My friends live several states away now, and I have a very difficult time putting myself out there, so I haven't sought out any other writers in the area.<br /><br /><h3>Do you have a "day job"?</h3><br />Of course, I do! I spent almost 20 years teaching middle/high school math, and then in year 20, left the classroom to become an instructional technologist. So, I now train teachers to use technology, run the LMS for the school, learn to use all the programs the director purchases, troubleshoot things for the IT director when he's handling bigger things...all that fun stuff. I love it, and have no intention of leaving my career. Besides....where else can you get such amazing research? I write a lot of teenage characters, and I'm around teens all day, every day!<br /><br /><h3>What genres do you write?</h3><br />Fantasy. I don't do high fantasy, though. No dragons, elves, orcs, dwarves, etc. I really do prefer contemporary fantasy, where the magic is in our world but nobody really knows about it. It's just more fun.<br /><br /><h3>What is the oddest thing you've ever researched for one of your books?</h3><br />Missed flirting clues. I'm probably the most oblivious person to flirting. My wife had to literally tell me she was flirting with me because I didn't understand that "Sure is cold tonight!" was code for "put your arm around me." (I was 20, almost 21, at the time, so there you go.) I have a male character with that same trait, so trying to write scenes where the girl is flirting and he's not getting it requires me to figure out potential flirting scenarios. Since I'm clueless...well, there you go.<br /><br /><h3>When did you first consider yourself an author?</h3><br />When I had multiple critique partners tell me the book was amazing and needed to be published. I referred to myself as an "aspiring author", as many others do on Twitter, but I saw a post that basically said "you're not aspiring, you're an author. You're just not published yet." I liked that, so I changed my profile to say "author" instead of "aspiring author".<br /><br /><h3>What are your goals as an author?</h3><br />I approach my writing the same way I approach teaching: if I only have a positive impact on one person, that's a victory and validates what I've done. In teaching, you have to realize that not every student is going to like you or be inspired by you or even going to do well in your class. It's the same with writing. Sure, some people may hate my books. Maybe most people will. But as long as I have that one person who says, "Ben, your stories make me happy and I love reading them!"....well, then as far as I'm concerned, I've made it.<br /><br /><h3>What made you decide to self-publish?</h3><br />I just wanted my story out there. I didn't care to wait for, possibly, years for a publisher to pick it up.<br /><br /><h3>Do you write in first or third person, past or present tense, and why?</h3><br />For this series, I write in third-person, past tense. I've tried first-person, but it just never works out well for me, in large part because I have multiple POV's. "The Lost Tayamu" is primarily told from Ellie's POV and Jen's POV, but we get some scenes from the others as well. Being in first-person would make it harder, in my opinion, to develop a distinct voice for each character.<br /><br /><h3>Are you a pantser or outliner?</h3><br />Pantser. I mean, I know WHERE the story is going, yes. I know the major plot points--well, most of them, at least--but I simply can't sit down and figure out everything that happens. Sometimes, the characters force me to go a different path, as Jerry did with his story arc in "The Lost Tayamu". So, so bossy!<br /><br /><h3>How do you come up with the titles for your books?</h3><br />For the longest time, this book was called "Saving Kiamada", but when I split that into multiple stories, it became "The Lost Tayamu". The title came easily to me; this book is about the lost Tayamu and his relationships with the two main characters. The sequel is called "The Uncrowned Queen", because it focuses--surprise, surprise!--on the uncrowned queen, who was talked about in the first book. I didn't even have to think about that one.<br /><br /><h3>Do you write about real life experiences, or does everything come from your imagination?</h3><br />Real-life experiences definitely play a part. In "The Lost Tayamu", the relationship between Doyle and Ellie is completely based on the relationship between myself and my wife's younger sister. She and I are closer in age (8 years apart) then Doyle and Ellie are (12 years apart), but most of their interactions are either things that happened between us (younger girl crushing on older sister's boyfriend, for example) or simply inspired by the way we act around each other.<br /><br /><h3>Do you ever base your characters on people you know?</h3><br />I don't base my characters on people, no, but I do take things (expressions, body language, ways of speaking, etc) from people I know and mash them all together to make my characters. So, you might see a bit of yourself in one character, but see a bit of my aunt in there, too. I've found that my characters are a lot stronger when I go hunting through my brain for character traits of friends and family.<br /><br /><h3>What are you working on now?</h3><br />I'm working on the sequel to "The Lost Tayamu", which is titled "The Uncrowned Queen". Hopefully, this won't take me 13 years to finish! I'm aiming to have it done by December, but we'll see how that goes.Renee Scattergoodhttps://plus.google.com/100671337443224225702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3623079982347315070.post-2449472428045922302018-08-08T14:00:00.000+10:002018-08-08T14:00:05.787+10:00Submission, Secrets, and the Soldier: A #Romance #Novel by Kryssie Fortune<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2Wd2rid_4_M/WyjIzBYq26I/AAAAAAAACkM/3dqdCUiS2n8HaEZCtinRw4ononLCu1STgCLcBGAs/s1600/7mp%2B-%2BKryssie%2BFortune.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="250" data-original-width="200" height="200" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2Wd2rid_4_M/WyjIzBYq26I/AAAAAAAACkM/3dqdCUiS2n8HaEZCtinRw4ononLCu1STgCLcBGAs/s200/7mp%2B-%2BKryssie%2BFortune.jpg" width="160" /></a></div>Kryssie Fortune writes the sort of hot sexy books she loves to read. If she can sneak a dragon into her paranormal books she will. Her paranormal heroes are muscular werewolves, arrogant Fae, or BDSM loving dragons.<br /><br />Kryssie likes her contemporary heroes ex-military and dominant. Her heroines are kick-ass females who can hold their own against whatever life - or Kryssie - throws at them.<br /><br />Kryssie's pet hates are unhappy endings and a series that end on a cliffhanger.<br /><br />Her books are all stand alone even when part of series. Plot always comes before sex, but when her heroines and heroes get together, the sex is explosive and explicit. One review called it downright sensual.<br /><br /><h2 style="text-align: center;">Connect with the Author</h2><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://kryssiefortune.wixsite.com/kryssiefortunee-books" target="_blank">Blog</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/2lh6g7B" target="_blank">Amazon Author Page</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7156883.Kryssie_Fortune" target="_blank">Goodreads Author Page</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/KryssiesFortune/" target="_blank">Facebook Author Page</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://twitter.com/KryssieFortune" target="_blank">Twitter</a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/2uNsyTP" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="200" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-uxp_KBJgKRk/W1fMGA4i6UI/AAAAAAAACxg/rYx8T3PY530miJcQ6anFdTiqjeKFX3n0QCLcBGAs/s1600/cover%2Bsubmission%2Betc%2B-%2BKryssie%2BFortune.jpg" /></a></div>About the Book</h2><br />Luke Roberts, a former army mechanic, has a new sub. She's shy and inexperienced, but willing. As he teaches her about sensation play, she fears he'll really hurt her and screams her safewords at him. Her reaction causes Luke to have a flashback. Although he's clawing his way back to normal, he suffers from PTSD. Determined to get well, he contacts a PTSD specialist in Westhorpe Ridge.<br /><br />Kathryn Johnson has visited a BDSM club three times. When she hooks up with Luke Roberts, he unintentionally terrifies her. She swears off spankings and goes home to Westhorpe Ridge. The last person she expects to see there is Luke Roberts.<br /><br />Circumstances force them to share an apartment. Can Luke protect her when danger threatens? Or is she just a temporary sub in residence?<br /><br /><h4 style="text-align: center;">Get it today on <a href="https://amzn.to/2uNsyTP" target="_blank">Amazon</a>!</h4><br /><br /><h2>Keep reading for an interview with the author:</h2><br /><h3>Why did you decide to be a writer?</h3><br />In 2001 my heart valve collapsed. Prognosis - shocking. Surgeon - amazing. Recovery - miraculous. That's when I decided to chase my dreams. Writing topped my bucket list. It was a long learning curve, with more magazine articles than books, but I stuck with it. Loose id gave me a break, and fourteen books later, I'm still writing. Sadly, Loose id is defunct and my books are now self-published. They had the benefit of great editing, though.<br /><br /><h3>Did you have a hard time sharing your work with the public?</h3><br />Submitting work is scary, but it's impersonal. I can cope with that, but rejections hurt. I found it far harder to give a public reading. I needed a new outfit and every bit of courage I possessed. Knowing some of my good friends were in the audience helped.<br /><br /><h3>Do you have a "day job"?</h3><br />I'm retired. When I worked, I was lucky enough to work for Emmerdale, one of Britain's biggest and best soaps. They won a BAFTA last year, and I'm so proud of my friends that still work there.<br /><br /><h3>What genres do you write?</h3><br />Romance. The hotter the better. I started with paranormal, and it's still my first love. I've also written contemporary and historical.<br /><br /><h3>Do you have a daily word or page count goal?</h3><br />That's too regimented for me. Some days, I'm inspired. Some days, I'm not. I have a friend who writes eight or nine bestsellers a year. I'm doing well if I do three.<br /><br /><h3>How long does it take you to write a novel?</h3><br />The first draft can take anything from six weeks to six months. Then I spend at least two months tidying it up. I'm dyslexic, so my husband checks everything, as does a good friend of mine. I'm lucky to have a great support network.<br /><br /><h3>If you could be one of your characters for a day, who would it be and why?</h3><br />I'd be Harriet from <i>One Knight Stand</i>. She's a spirited, modern woman who takes things in her stride. Also, like me, she speaks without thinking and she's on a permanent diet.<br /><br /><h3>What is the oddest thing you've ever researched for one of your books?</h3><br />How to get away with murder.<br /><br /><h3>What authors have most influenced you?</h3><br />I fell in love with paranormal romance when I stumbled on Sherrilyn Kenyon Dark Hunter books. I had to read the entire series. The same happened when I read Kresley Cole. The other author I love is from back in the 1960s. My grandmother and mother read Mary Stewart. I did too. I love the romantic suspense in her stories. I like to write hot sex, but if the story doesn't measure up, it's meaningless.<br /><br /><h3>If you could choose an author to be your mentor, who would it be?</h3><br />Stephen King. His book, On Writing, is the best thing I ever read. The way he uses words is fascinating.<br /><br /><h3>What are your goals as an author?</h3><br />To have fun. I try to keep abreast of the market, but I don't see much changing. I love to write.<br /><br /><h3>Does your family support you in your writing, or are you on your own?</h3><br />My husband's a star. My daughter is incredibly supportive in private. Publicly, she's the head of a primary school. Admitting her mum writes erotic romance might upset some parents. My son and his wife are horrified that I write explicit sex.<br /><br /><h3>Do you feel the support of family and friends is helpful to you as an author?</h3><br />I attended a writers' conference and met the wonderful Ashe Barker and Jennifer Denys. We've been best friends ever since. We share knowledge of the writing world and support each other. Knowing these ladies is a delight.<br /><br /><h3>What made you decide to self-publish?</h3><br />My main publisher, Loose id, closed down and my book rights reverted to me. I'm proud of my books and wanted to keep them out there.<br /><br /><h3>Have you ever gotten an idea for a story from something really bizarre?</h3><br />My Heroes of Westhorpe Bridge was meant to be a three book series. Then I heard Hypnotist and behavior psychologist talking about PTSD. He's worked with university professors to refine the Havening Technique to control PTSD. I knew had to use it in a story. That's how I came up with Luke Roberts. The poor guy's military service has left him scarred inside and out.<br /><br />The other "Heroes" book revolve around holidays, so it made sense to write one around Labor Day and a parade. That's how <i>Submission, Secrets, and the Soldier</i> was born. I think it's my best Heroes book.Renee Scattergoodhttps://plus.google.com/100671337443224225702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3623079982347315070.post-51704529588002077982018-08-06T14:00:00.000+10:002018-08-06T14:00:01.278+10:00The Scarlet Wedding: A #Christian #Fiction #Novel by Lorana Hoopes<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-IwifJkOgAY8/W0bxzicKdwI/AAAAAAAACtQ/DoZa-mAiMeEVhhba9EsSmwI6ynyu7R1LwCLcBGAs/s1600/21317987_10207687003451967_453177056572335251_n%2B-%2BLorana%2BHoopes.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="250" data-original-width="179" height="200" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-IwifJkOgAY8/W0bxzicKdwI/AAAAAAAACtQ/DoZa-mAiMeEVhhba9EsSmwI6ynyu7R1LwCLcBGAs/s200/21317987_10207687003451967_453177056572335251_n%2B-%2BLorana%2BHoopes.jpg" width="143" /></a></div>Lorana Hoopes is a teacher originally from Texas who now lives in the Pacific Northwest with her family. When not writing, she can be seen kickboxing at her gym, acting on stage, or singing at her church.<br /><br /><h2 style="text-align: center;">Connect with the Author</h2><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://authorloranahoopes.com/" target="_blank">Website/Blog</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/2NKVaVl" target="_blank">Amazon Author Page</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/15197780.Lorana_Hoopes_LL_Hoopes_" target="_blank">Goodreads Author Page</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.bookbub.com/authors/lorana-hoopes" target="_blank">BookBub Author Page</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/loranalhoopes/" target="_blank">Facebook Author Page</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/2027241534163509/" target="_blank"><span id="goog_1552707152"></span><span id="goog_1552707153"></span>Lorana's Sweet Readers</a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://twitter.com/LoranaHoopes" target="_blank">Twitter</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.pinterest.com/kbmom34/" target="_blank">Pinterest</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/llhoopes78/" target="_blank">Instagram</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/lori-hoopes-1065011a/" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGcMJkEWUNRjQ-7BWx3RLrg?view_as=subscriber" target="_blank">YouTube</a></div><br /><h3><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/1103593416411976/requests/https://www.facebook.com/groups/1103593416411976/requests/" target="_blank">Join Earthly Angels!</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://app.mailerlite.com/forms/landing-pages" target="_blank"></a><a href="https://app.mailerlite.com/forms/landing-pages" target="_blank">Get a Free Book Chapter!</a></div></h3><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/2N5WAsq" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="280" data-original-width="200" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-bd80AGFVLrk/W0bx8XK40VI/AAAAAAAACtU/7igCz4dwIeAmMq4oGTMX1ZaCt7RdqWNPACLcBGAs/s1600/TheScarletWeddingEbook%2B-%2BLorana%2BHoopes.jpg" /></a></div><h2>About the Book</h2><br /><h3 style="text-align: center;">Will there be a happily ever after?</h3><br />William wanted nothing more than to marry Emma, but shortly after his proposal, his past comes back to haunt him. Unable to leave men in danger, William mounts up and rides again. Will he be able to fulfill his duty and get back to Emma?<br /><br />Emma had no doubts when she said yes to William's proposal, but then things began happening to delay the wedding. When her sister gets sick, she wonders if these signs are God's way of telling her she shouldn't marry William.<br /><br />Will the two find their happily ever after or will events out of their control tear them apart?<br /><br /><h4 style="text-align: center;">Get it today on <a href="https://amzn.to/2N5WAsq" target="_blank">Amazon</a>!</h4><br /><br /><h2>Keep reading for an excerpt:</h2><br />“You’re so lucky” Carrie sighed as the girls got ready for bed that night. “That proposal was so romantic.”<br /><br />“I’m sure yours will come soon,” Emma said with a smile. “I saw you dancing with Phillip Alder, and he had stars in his eyes.”<br /><br />“What about me?” Jennie asked.<br /><br />Emma laughed. “You have a few years yet, Jennie Bean, but there’s a man out there for you as well. You just have to be patient.”<br /><br />Jennie’s lower lip fell out in an adorable pout. “I want to be older now. I want to be kissed like you were, Emma. It looked so romantic.” She put her little hand on her forehead and fell onto the bed.<br /><br />“Oh, dear,” Emma said. “We have our work cut out for us with this one.” She slipped her dress off and her nightgown on and climbed into bed beside Jennie. Carrie followed suit and climbed in on the other side of Jennie.<br /><br />“Have you thought about the wedding yet?” Carrie asked.<br /><br />“He just proposed tonight,” Emma said as if dismissing the motion. The truth was she had already been thinking about the wedding. She wanted it in the church of course. Carrie would be a bridesmaid and Jennie the flower girl. Emma wondered if William would ask Samuel to be his best man. The two had been spending a lot of time together building William’s homestead, but there was also Jesse Jennings, who William had become close with.<br /><br />Of course, Emma had also become good friends Kate Jennings. The two were fairly close in age and had begun spending more time together a few months earlier when William had made it clear he was staying and courting Emma. Once or twice a week, they would get together and trade secrets and recipes. They also spoke often of children.<br /><br />Kate was going to reach that milestone first. She was already with child and nearing her fifth month. Though Emma enjoyed seeing her friend grow, she couldn’t help feeling jealous, and so she hoped William would be okay with a fairly short engagement. She wanted to start a family with him.<br /><br />“I know he just proposed tonight,” Carrie continued, “but I bet you’ve been thinking about the wedding since the first day he kissed you.”<br /><br />Emma was glad the light from the lantern was low so her sisters wouldn’t see her blush. She had been thinking about the wedding since that day. Well, not the wedding itself, but the marriage. She had already had one wedding, so even though they were enjoyable and beautiful, that wasn’t her main focus. Her focus was on being a wife and mother. Something she had hoped for with her first marriage, but it had ended so shortly it was almost nonexistent.<br /><br />As much as Emma loved her family, she wanted to be a wife again, to run her own homestead, cook for her husband, and enjoy quiet times in front of the fire. And, eventually she hoped to fill the house with children, but that was at least a year away.<br /><br />“Get some sleep,” Emma said in answer. “We can talk more about the wedding tomorrow.”<br /><br />“Do I get to throw the flowers again?” Jennie asked, her voice heavy with sleep.<br /><br />“Yes, Jennie Bean, you can throw the flowers. Now, get some sleep.”<br /><br />Carrie and Jennie obliged and soon were breathing softly beside her, but it was Emma’s own mind that refused to shut down. When it wasn’t reliving the wonderful night and the proposal, it was thinking forward to what had to be done for a wedding. She would need to make the cake, get flowers, and see if she could alter her old wedding dress a little. Emma couldn’t afford a new one, and it would have been a frivolous waste of money anyway.Renee Scattergoodhttps://plus.google.com/100671337443224225702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3623079982347315070.post-51999041182478226122018-08-03T14:00:00.000+10:002018-08-03T14:00:00.894+10:00Jasper (The Guardian League, Book One): A #Romance #Novel by TK Lawyer<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/2MYaopL" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="398" data-original-width="600" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gcQvVS8KeoQ/WzHa0JAlOJI/AAAAAAAACnY/weJmbT47pXAi6yR-RpklNAbKjh2mpSYSACLcBGAs/s1600/Jasper%2Bsexy%2Bteaser%2Balternate1.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>TK Lawyer has always had an interest in the strange and unusual and she’s a romantic by heart.<br /><br />She writes passion-filled paranormal romance with Angels and Wolf Shifters- weaving tales of alpha males willing to do anything for the one feisty, curvaceous, strong-willed woman who has won their heart. Her alpha males will go to any length to please their mate, in and out of the bed.<br /><br />She invites you to enter her world and be entertained. After all, she writes for you.<br /><br /><h2 style="text-align: center;">Connect with the Author</h2><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://tklawyerauthor.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Website/Blog</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/2Kp1ZtB" target="_blank">Amazon Author Page</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/tklawyer" target="_blank">Smashwords Author Page</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/12764640.T_K_Lawyer" target="_blank">Goodreads Author Page</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.bookbub.com/authors/t-k-lawyer" target="_blank">BookBub Author Page</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/tklawyerauthor" target="_blank">Facebook Author Page</a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://twitter.com/tklawyerauthor" target="_blank">Twitter</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/109094672467230073885" target="_blank">Google+</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.pinterest.com/tklawyerauthor/" target="_blank">Pinterest</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/authortklawyerfanpage/" target="_blank">Instagram</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_m5NYSnJJIoQV2AHCwoUgA" target="_blank">YouTube</a></div><br /><h3 style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://eepurl.com/dvonKn" target="_blank">Sign up for her newsletter!</a></h3><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/2MYaopL" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="200" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ocHftu1EqSY/WzHbADoUE7I/AAAAAAAACnc/MNspmPjmPUond8nyoN88iJjRfeYOhl7FwCLcBGAs/s1600/Jasper%2BBook%2BCover.jpg" /></a></div><h2>About the Book</h2><br />Tatiana seeks rare, coveted treasure: a strong, loving, committed male she can respect, be proud of and become her full-fledged, partner. She has sought this elusive prince among men, her own personal champion but instead found many, many frogs and quite a few toads. Does her hero exist on Earth or did she miss her opportunity?<br /><br />Jasper isn’t seeking a mate. His only intention is to rescue Tatiana from a fatal car accident, but he finds himself drawn to her in ways he can’t explain. She’s a rare, precious gem and there’s no turning back for him. He must know her and introduce himself in some sort of “human” fashion, at some sort of “human” event, for he is not of Earth.<br /><br />Once Tatiana finds out Jasper’s true identity, will she accept and trust him? Will Tatiana allow herself to enter into a permanent, loving relationship with an unearthly but powerful being who only wants to adore and protect her?<br /><br /><h4 style="text-align: center;">Get it Today!</h4><br /><h3 style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/2MYaopL" target="_blank">Amazon</a>&nbsp;| <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/s/t.k.+lawyer?_requestid=514773" target="_blank">Barnes &amp; Noble</a>&nbsp;| <a href="https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/jasper-book-one-the-guardian-league" target="_blank">Kobo</a>&nbsp;| <a href="https://www.foundationsbooks.net/book/jasper-book-one-the-guardian-league-by-t-k-lawyer/" target="_blank">Foundations Books</a></h3><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="YOUTUBE-iframe-video" data-thumbnail-src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/jQo1qbjrjIE/0.jpg" frameborder="0" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/jQo1qbjrjIE?feature=player_embedded" width="320"></iframe></div><br /><br /><br /><h2>Keep reading for an excerpt:</h2><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/2MYaopL" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="356" data-original-width="400" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-l3ZRvVj49rc/WzHbHWZ7l4I/AAAAAAAACnk/vBXaUrH2SJQL0Qyhum8xxfUFr-I9NmCRgCLcBGAs/s1600/Jasper%2Bwith%2Bwings%2Bquote.jpg" /></a></div>The sporadic green and brown patches of grass crunched under her feet as she made her way back to her car. Circling around it, she found what she was looking for but hoping not to find. The jagged, crushed, concave metal on the driver’s side was a jarring reality check. The metal was so deeply gouged into the driver’s seat that she knew just by glancing at it that there was no way the driver’s side door would open. She looked into the car as much as she could, trying to walk around the varied sizes of broken glass dotting the surrounding area. Her head jerked up as a shrill noise increased in intensity and approached her. It was an ambulance followed by a fire truck. Someone had called 911. She looked back at her car and gulped as she saw the devastation she couldn’t deny happened. She looked at her car with incredulity and fascination as she peered in at the jagged, wicked, broken pieces of metal that would’ve pierced her body completely, rupturing through her left torso all the way down to her left leg.<br /><br />Reality settled in and the gravity of the situation gave her a cold shiver straight down her spine. She shouldn’t have survived. At the very least, the firemen would’ve had to use the Jaws of Life to pry her out. What could’ve taken several hours to extricate her from her car only took a few minutes with the help of the handsome stranger that was, somehow, no longer around. How was she walking around, with only a few bruises across her left arm and a red rash across her face where the airbag burned her when it deployed? It was nothing short of a miracle. She glanced down at her legs and found nothing wrong with them; not even tightness or any type of soreness to claim. There was no rational explanation for what happened.<br /><br />She should’ve died.Renee Scattergoodhttps://plus.google.com/100671337443224225702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3623079982347315070.post-89223194119515417192018-08-01T14:00:00.000+10:002018-08-01T14:00:09.403+10:00Legends: Catori - A #Romance #Novel by Maggie Adams<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/2tvP8iV" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="314" data-original-width="600" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-LA_wCrxV6hI/WzHO5JDgGLI/AAAAAAAACmY/LXcHdf5b1cwoI4WTkbuPb_3ZjfajwHNEgCLcBGAs/s1600/PQ2_Catori%2B-%2Bmaggie%2Badams.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-X0r6u4eOodg/WzHOjeYQbGI/AAAAAAAACmQ/N_LxgyeAwTIrFgc7v_SkLRi1lUTey6mPgCLcBGAs/s1600/Maggieadams%2B-%2Bmaggie%2Badams.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="250" data-original-width="250" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-X0r6u4eOodg/WzHOjeYQbGI/AAAAAAAACmQ/N_LxgyeAwTIrFgc7v_SkLRi1lUTey6mPgCLcBGAs/s1600/Maggieadams%2B-%2Bmaggie%2Badams.JPG" /></a></div>Maggie Adams is an Amazon best-selling romance author. Her first book in the <i>Tempered Steel</i> Series, <i>Whistlin’ Dixie</i>, debuted in Amazon’s Top 100 for Women’s Fiction, humor, on November 2014. Since then, she has consistently made the Amazon Top 100 list with her <i>Tempered Steel</i> Series. Her series has launched the tiny town of Grafton, Illinois, into international recognition with sales in Mexico, Ireland, Scotland, Australia and the UK. She is the recipient of various awards for excellence including Dayreader Reviews Best of 2015, the Readers Favorite Award 2016, the Indie Romance Convention Romantic Comedy Award 2017 and the 2017 New Apple Awards -Suspense<br />She also writes erotica, paranormal romance, young adult romance and women’s fiction. Maggie’s books can be found on eBook and paperback on her website and all book sites.<br /><br />When she’s not writing, she can be found dancing, singing and cooking (usually all at the same time), and spending time with her family and friends.<br /><br /><h2 style="text-align: center;">Connect with the Author</h2><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.maggieadamsbooks.com/" target="_blank">Website/Blog</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/2yHQXhJ" target="_blank">Amazon Author Page</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/maggieadamsbooks" target="_blank">Smashwords Author Page</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/9867300.Maggie_Adams" target="_blank">Goodreads Author Page</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.bookbub.com/authors/maggie-adams" target="_blank">BookBub Author Page</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/maggieadamsbooks" target="_blank">Facebook Author Page</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/s/maggie%20adams/_/N-8q8" target="_blank">Barnes &amp; Noble Author Page</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/maggie-adams/290509485" target="_blank">iBooks Author Page</a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.twitter.com/AuthrMaggieAdms" target="_blank">Twitter</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://google.com/+MaggieAdamsBooksMaggieAdamsBooksChat" target="_blank">Google+</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.pinterest.com/maggiesminxes/" target="_blank">Pinterest</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/maggieadamsbooks/" target="_blank">Instagram</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/maggie-adams-006a8b142" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://maggieadamsbooks.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">Tumblr</a></div><br /><h3><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/maggiesminxes" target="_blank">Join Maggie's Minxes!</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.maggieadamsbooks.com/" target="_blank"></a><a href="https://www.maggieadamsbooks.com/" target="_blank">Get a Free Book!</a></div></h3><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/2tvP8iV" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="309" data-original-width="200" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mPrtl1_gedo/WzHPNxcrM_I/AAAAAAAACmg/zjXQMjiOLA8g30sIusVauBfvPef1Xl-hgCLcBGAs/s1600/catori%2Bkindle%2Bimage%2B-%2Bmaggie%2Badams.jpg" /></a></div><h2>About the Book</h2><br />It’s hard to keep secrets in a small town…It’s even harder to keep a secret that could expose not only your family but an entire species. That’s what Frankie Cavanaugh must do. As the daughter of the leader of the Wisdom Council, it’s up to her to step into her father’s shoes until another leader is chosen.<br /><br />Tanner Coalson is fresh out of college and ready to tackle whatever life has in store for him. First item on his to-do list is marrying the woman he has loved for years. He knows Frankie will balk at the notion because she’s fifteen years older and was his childhood sitter.<br /><br />But convincing her they are destined to be together gets much harder when she is kidnapped by an old enemy. Frankie may have to reveal her secret, and Tanner may have to accept what seems impossible or reject the love of his life.<br /><br /><h4 style="text-align: center;">Get it Today!</h4><br /><h3 style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/2tvP8iV" target="_blank">Amazon</a>&nbsp;| <a href="https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/824150?ref=rscatts" target="_blank">Smashwords</a>&nbsp;| <a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/legends-maggie-adams/1128614625;jsessionid=B78403FE8FEE43B8CD4AAC17267BCB72.prodny_store02-atgap02?ean=2940155624738&amp;st=AFF&amp;2sid=Draft2Digital_7968444_NA&amp;sourceId=AFFDraft2Digital" target="_blank">Barnes &amp; Noble</a>&nbsp;| <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/legends-catori/id1386422636?mt=11" target="_blank">iBooks</a>&nbsp;| <a href="https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/legends-catori" target="_blank">Kobo</a></h3><br /><br /><h2>Keep reading for an interview with the author:</h2><br /><h3>Where are you from? Does your area have a good writing community?</h3><br />I'm originally from the small town of Grafton, IL, which is the setting for most of my books. It was a village along the Mississippi River, with small fishing shacks and few amenities. But in 1993, the Mississippir River overflowed it's banks and our town was thirty feet above flood stage. Mostly you could see rooftops. When the river receded, then came the cleanup and rebuild. It's now bigger and better than ever - a regular tourist spot! So that's how I got my idea for the Tempered Steel Series, seven brothers and community rebuilding their hometown. Grafton also boasts a depiction of the "Piasa Bird" a Native American legend about a winged monster that carries off humans. That is where my newest series, Legends, comes from. So Yes! I have a great writing community and plenty of inspiration in my hometown.<br /><br /><h3>Do you have a "day job"?</h3><br />By day, I'm a mild-mannered daycare owner - infants to age 10. By night, the voracious writer of steamy tales of suspense and intrigue and things that go bump in the night!<br /><br /><h3>What genres do you write?</h3><br />contemporary romance - all subgenres, including women's sensual erotica<br /><br /><h3>What is the oddest thing you've ever researched for one of your books?</h3><br />How to shoot someone in the neck in a driveby using a small gun riding a motorcycle.<br /><br /><h3>What is the most difficult thing you've ever researched?</h3><br />BDSM - I always want to know the "why" of things; it was difficult to phrase my questions and keep the conversation open and honest. I was afraid I would offend or insult, but most people I interviewed were quite open and honest and understood what I was trying to say when I fumbled with wording.<br /><br /><h3>When did you first consider yourself an author?</h3><br />When I hit publish on "Whistlin' Dixie", my first novel. It didn't matter if I sold one or thousands; I had done it - I made my dream a reality.<br /><br /><h3>What is the biggest obstacle you face as an author and what do you do to overcome it?</h3><br />I'm my own worst critic, and it's sabotaged me time and again. Now when I feel inadequate, I put up mental blocks by telling myself to look at all I've accomplished with my life.<br /><br /><h3>Does your family support you in your writing, or are you on your own?</h3><br />My family supports me unequivocally - my son set up my website and social media, my daughter took care of the business infrastructure, my husband is head of my research and development (and not just of the sexy stuff! lol) and I have other relatives that beta read and proofread for me.<br /><br /><h3>Have you ever had a particularly harsh critique?</h3><br />Yes. While I try to use all criticism as a learning experience, there was one reviewer who didn't critique the book, she critiqued the genre, my readers, and myself with insulting comments like "if you read this kind of stuff" or "how you manage not to vomit at love scenes". This, of course, was a reflection of her lack of decorum with polite discourse, but I couldn't let her go comments go unanswered. I politely made reference to the millions of loyal romance book readers and that although I found her criticism to be lacking in specific points, I, unlike her, was willing to accept her opinion on my profession as opposed to my specific book. However, her insults to my friends and fans were uncalled for and reflected poorly on her own character.<br /><br /><h3>Do you have anything specific you'd like to say to your readers?</h3><br />No matter what genre you read, PLEASE continue to read, review and recommend books!<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/2tvP8iV" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="314" data-original-width="600" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ccfL5D0hUJQ/WzHPcOYlkcI/AAAAAAAACmk/p77a9JtmqasFLNbkIq_u0d2Q82qesg5JwCLcBGAs/s1600/PQ1_Catori%2B-%2Bmaggie%2Badams.jpg" /></a></div><br />Renee Scattergoodhttps://plus.google.com/100671337443224225702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3623079982347315070.post-65091410997583302842018-07-30T14:00:00.000+10:002018-07-30T14:00:10.684+10:00Love's Second Chance: A #Romance #Novel by RM James<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8j0D0kglyZE/W0BbLIKCgbI/AAAAAAAACq4/-OKYixIo0jkZKpn3NHgQuIiAKadeF9C2wCLcBGAs/s1600/RM%2BJames.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="250" data-original-width="250" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8j0D0kglyZE/W0BbLIKCgbI/AAAAAAAACq4/-OKYixIo0jkZKpn3NHgQuIiAKadeF9C2wCLcBGAs/s1600/RM%2BJames.jpg" /></a></div>R.M. James is also known as Reina R. Gonzalez, currently working on a Doctor of Business Administration at Northcentral University. Graduated from the University of Phoenix with a Master’s Degree in Health Administration/Education from Armstrong Atlantic State University with a Bachelor’s Degree in Spanish, and South University with a Certificate in Accounting.<br /><br />I live in a small rural town in Georgia just five minutes from the South Carolina state line. I was born in Manhattan and raised in Queens, New York.<br /><br />I have a furry companion named, Bailey who’s my best friend, as well as my therapy cat. Bailey knows when I don’t feel well and jumps on my lap just to stay with me. She’s a diluted tortie-shell with attitude galore!<br /><br />I have two grown boys with careers of whom I love dearly. I have a grandson that I love to spoil and another on the way in July!<br /><br />Honestly, the writing wasn't my first career choice, being a medical doctor was. I wanted to help people. My career in writing began in 2012 when I was forced to stop working due to some ailments. Because I didn't want my college education going to waste, I thought of contemporary and paranormal romance.<br /><br />My favorite hobbies are crocheting, knitting, quilting, paint-by-numbers, and drinking lots of strong coffee that’ll put hair on anyone's chest!<br /><br /><h2 style="text-align: center;">Connect with the Author</h2><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.authorrmjames.com/" target="_blank">Website/Blog</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/2J1479q" target="_blank">Amazon Author Page</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/5831701-r-m-james" target="_blank">Goodreads Author Page</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/rmjames166/" target="_blank">Facebook Author Page</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/AuthorRM.James" target="_blank">Facebook</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://twitter.com/leyna_jared" target="_blank">Twitter</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/+RMJames2619" target="_blank">Google+</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.pinterest.com/rmauthor/" target="_blank">Pinterest</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://instagram.com/R.m.%20Author" target="_blank">Instagram</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/reina-gonzalez-a1734330" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxgZgs9_tC9p1XP4unETfng" target="_blank">YouTube</a></div><br /><h3 style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.authorrmjames.com/" target="_blank">Get New Release &amp; Giveaway Notices!</a></h3><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/2m2X7Qu" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="200" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-37Yuh0w5REA/W0BbWTQo1-I/AAAAAAAACq8/KTSbJOH7v1E1exh5yjMshukuAIht68ChwCLcBGAs/s1600/Loves%2BSecond%2BChange%2BE-book%2BCover%2B-%2BR.M.%2BJames.JPG" /></a></div><h2>About the Book</h2><br />Living with guilt is the worst feeling in the world... Ley Moore (now Jared) and Willie Ramsey were teenage sweethearts, bound to marry and start a new life together; but, they lived in two different states. She in New York and he in New Jersey. They both had to, constantly sneak away to see the other behind their parents back and without permission. Until Willie stopped coming around leading Ley to believe he did not want her anymore.<br /><br />Left feeling lonely, she let herself be seduced by another young guy, Andrew Jared, becoming pregnant at 17. Being a pregnant teenager was considered taboo back then (well according to her old-fashioned parents) and made to marry the father of her unborn child leaving everything behind including her heart.<br /><br />Now at 46, a career woman, wife, and mother of two adult sons, she still carries the guilt of leaving her relationship with Willie open-ended. Living in Georgia, she embarks in a search, to find her childhood love to explain the circumstances that led her to marry another man. Only to find Willie living in another city of New Jersey with a family of his own...22 years later!<br /><br />As they carry on written email communications on a daily basis about their marital problems, they find out they still carried a torch for each another, taking them to an adventure they thought would never happen. But time can only tell if this could be their Loves Second Chance...<br /><br /><h4 style="text-align: center;">Get it today on <a href="https://amzn.to/2m2X7Qu" target="_blank">Amazon</a>!</h4><br /><br /><h2>Keep reading for an excerpt:</h2><br />At that moment, the thought of my ex-boyfriend, Willie came up. William Ramsey. Now there's a name I haven’t thought of in a while! Why all of a sudden am I thinking of him, as I turn on my car to pull out of the parking lot.<br /><br />Driving home, I'm thinking of the crazy and explicit things Willie, and I used to do as teenagers. At the time, he was seventeen, I was sixteen. We were together on and off for four years as kids because we had to seek permission to go out.<br /><br />I used to tell my mom I was going roller skating with my best friend, Liz only to sneak off to Hoboken, New Jersey. The thought of us sneaking around put a smile on my face, and led me to ask, "Oh Willie, where are you now?" I still have so many unanswered questions as to why he kept disappearing so much from me. I had no way to know my life was about to take an interesting turn in the next few days.Renee Scattergoodhttps://plus.google.com/100671337443224225702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3623079982347315070.post-35111786675361708432018-07-27T14:00:00.000+10:002018-07-27T14:00:05.553+10:00The Clown Forest Murders: A #Mystery #Novel by R.R. Brooks<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-WTRJNWCpD3M/W0CQfblZ4hI/AAAAAAAACsA/g-SdCXIzKIkdKw0XWfSQioN0FDkWALPqwCLcBGAs/s1600/ACB%2BRRB%2BMonterey%2B-%2BRobert%2BBrooks.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="123" data-original-width="250" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-WTRJNWCpD3M/W0CQfblZ4hI/AAAAAAAACsA/g-SdCXIzKIkdKw0XWfSQioN0FDkWALPqwCLcBGAs/s1600/ACB%2BRRB%2BMonterey%2B-%2BRobert%2BBrooks.JPG" /></a></div>Bob Brooks (writing as R.R. Brooks) spent his career doing pharmaceutical research and development. Now living in western North Carolina with two oversized cats, a resistant beagle, and a supportive spouse, he’s published fiction and nonfiction, including science fiction and fantasy short stories exploring strange encounters and issues of doubt and belief. He also writes novels, including the epic fantasy novel <i>Justi the Gifted</i>, released in 2015 by Leo Publishing and a psychological mystery novel <i>The Clown Forest Murders</i>, co-written with A.C. Brooks, released in November 2017 by Black Opal Publishing. He is a member of the Blue Ridge Writers Group, the Appalachian Round Table, International Thriller Writers, Inc., and the N.C. Writers Network. He maintains author’s pages on Facebook, Amazon, Goodreads, All Author, and Hometown Reads. His website is <a href="http://www.brooks-authors.com/">www.brooks-authors.com</a>.<br /><br /><h2 style="text-align: center;">Connect with the Author</h2><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.brooks-authors.com/" target="_blank">Website</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/2ub7Pbb" target="_blank">Amazon Author Page</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1797530.R_R_Brooks" target="_blank">Goodreads Author Page</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/r.r.brooksauthor/" target="_blank">Facebook Author Page</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blackopalbooks.com/r-r-brooks/" target="_blank">Black Opal Books Author Page</a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/2u0DJbj" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="200" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8zTYhx-Xlv0/W0CQpncGFbI/AAAAAAAACsE/wSKOkNz2hbILaDqLh8Z83PvrB9-xgyA3gCLcBGAs/s1600/Jack%2BConver%2B%25233%2B-%2BRobert%2BBrooks.jpg" /></a></div><h2>About the Book</h2><br /><h3 style="text-align: center;">Did clown-colored mushrooms spark the gruesome murders? Will his memories of the murders save him or kill him?</h3><br />At age eight, Dave Austin witnesses his brother’s savage murder in rural Norwich, New York, but amnesia suppresses the memory, and the killer escapes. Locals suspect an itinerant, a pedophile, or a disturbed friend maddened by psychedelic mushrooms. When Dave starts college, pressures at Princeton and alcohol elicit dreams, each one revealing a bit of memory. Then come visions as Dave senses the killer return. Images of teenagers killed where his brother died precipitate a crisis, and David returns to Norwich to find his dead brother’s friend, a disturbed witness who knows something. Dave’s appearance alarms his psychiatrist, the officers who hadn’t solved the case, and especially the killer, who knows he should not have let the young Dave escape. Now the killer must correct his mistake. When a crazy farmer invites Dave to learn the killer’s name in the Clown Forest at midnight, how can he resist? He may learn what he needs to identify the murderer—if he gets the truth, and survives.<br /><br /><h4 style="text-align: center;">Get it Today!</h4><br /><h3 style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/2u0DJbj" target="_blank">Amazon</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/763317?ref=rscatts" target="_blank">Smashwords</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-clown-forest-murders-a-c-brooks/1127527800?ean=9781626948136" target="_blank">Barnes &amp; Noble</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/the-clown-forest-murders/id1320205233?ls=1&amp;mt=11" target="_blank">iBooks</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="https://www.kobo.com/us/en/search?Query=the+clown+forest+murders" target="_blank">Kobo</a></h3><br /><br /><h2>Keep reading for a guest post by the author:</h2><br />The first draft of part of this book was written in the late 90s by Andrew Brooks. That part was the “nature attack” segment. The “mystery” segment came ten years later and was written by Robert Brooks.<br /><br />The key writing impetus for Andrew was the suicide death of his brother in his junior year at Princeton. The central New York setting is where our kids grew up. It includes the Clown Forest, a mysterious, scary place for roaming youngsters, a place where mushrooms thrive. Psychedelic mushrooms that affect the brain and cause death underlie the variety of mental issues portrayed in many characters. This plot theme can be viewed as a rationalization of suicide. Thus environmental rather than the individual becomes responsible for behaviors ranging from odd to lethal. The individual is excused. Suicide may or may not be “painless” but it’s blameless.<br /><br />I was actively pursuing fiction writing in retirement and had the chance to read Andrew’s completed draft, with a working title of “The Clown Forest,” around 2002. I loved the Stephen King elements and suggested revisions. But Andrew had to deal with life and shelved the manuscript. He naively allowed me to try revisions five years later. I made it into a mystery, adding a plot line and characters to support that expansion. The theme of nature causing mental aberration and evil behavior was kept intact. I added the challenge to the reader of figuring out which human was responsible for the ultimate evil of murder.<br /><br />The result is a mystery in which the environmental factor and mental aberration play the crucial role of cause. These themes unfold in the life of one boy over a ten-year period, the time it takes for the mental state of amnesia to lift and reveal the truth.Renee Scattergoodhttps://plus.google.com/100671337443224225702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3623079982347315070.post-63173263133414166562018-07-25T14:00:00.000+10:002018-07-25T14:00:05.589+10:00The Secrets of the Clock: A #GeneralFiction #Novel by C.S. Kjar<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vA8AIl5XPR8/WwVFLcc4DFI/AAAAAAAACec/aL8f8YVQ5t0QrxeSSaZW2_Nxq2tFCQuMwCLcBGAs/s1600/me%2Bby%2Btree%2B-%2BCarol%2BKjar.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="207" data-original-width="250" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vA8AIl5XPR8/WwVFLcc4DFI/AAAAAAAACec/aL8f8YVQ5t0QrxeSSaZW2_Nxq2tFCQuMwCLcBGAs/s1600/me%2Bby%2Btree%2B-%2BCarol%2BKjar.jpg" /></a></div>C.S. Kjar lives with her long-time first husband in their empty nest in Boise. She spent her life doing many different things. She’s been a stay-at-home mom, a teacher, a secretary, a statistician, a literacy tutor, a newsletter editor, a timber sale accountant, an archeological technician, and best and longest of all, a technical writer/editor.<br /><br />After retiring, she focused on writing fiction. Her novels are sweet and wholesome, suspenseful with a touch of romance. She has also written children's, middle age books, and one non-fiction book about quilting.<br /><br />The author’s last name is pronounced “care.” She hopes that’s what everyone will do. Care about each other.<br /><br /><h2 style="text-align: center;">Connect with the Author</h2><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://cskjar.com/" target="_blank">Website</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://cskjar.com/blog/" target="_blank">Blog</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/2Lk1IsR" target="_blank">Amazon Author Page</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/cskjar/" target="_blank">Facebook Author Page</a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://twitter.com/cskjar" target="_blank">Twitter</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/carol-kjar-7b46a79/" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a></div><br /><h3 style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://cskjar.com/" target="_blank">Sign up for her Newsletter!</a></h3><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/2s2hTD4" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="200" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FgbZtnsCA9Y/WwVFSbvZHNI/AAAAAAAACeg/Dg7fCm8WkhMPZdtoBYnBReBQrZn9QTbQQCLcBGAs/s1600/cover%2B3%2B-%2BCarol%2BKjar.jpg" /></a></div><h2>About the Book</h2><br />Getting along with your family can be difficult, even under normal circumstances. If your dad is Father Time, and your sisters are married to Easter Bunny, Santa Claus, and Headless Horseman, family dynamics take on a whole new dimension. Essie Bunny, Sharon Claus, and Hannah Horseman are ordinary sisters with extraordinary families. They have not spoken to each other in 15 years after a big family blow-up. When their mother dies, she leaves them a cryptic message, telling them to search for her last wishes on a videotape in their childhood home. She also tells them to set the old grandfather clock to five and wait for the magic to happen.<br /><br /><h4 style="text-align: center;">Get it Today!</h4><br /><h3 style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/2s2hTD4" target="_blank">Amazon</a>&nbsp;| <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/the-secrets-of-the-clock/id1310089324" target="_blank">iBooks</a></h3><br /><br /><h2>Keep reading for an interview with Hannah Horseman, a character from the book:</h2><br /><h3>Where were you born, and what was it like growing up there?</h3><br />I was born in Florida. My father, Father Time, built a cottage for my mother on several acres near the beach. My father taught me to swim, and I love to swim in the ocean. It was the perfect place to live.<br /><br /><h3>Did you have a close relationship with your family?</h3><br />I am the youngest of three sisters. When we were young, we were very close. When my sisters got married and moved away, I was very close to my mother. We had a wonderful time together.<br /><br /><h3>What is the happiest memory from your childhood?</h3><br />The days when my father visited us were the very best. We'd take a picnic to the beach and play in the water all day long. When we got tired, we'd sit under the umbrella and listen to my parents talk about the things they'd seen and done.<br /><br /><h3>Who was your best friend growing up?</h3><br />My mom was my best friend. Oh, the girls at school were nice, and I did things with them, but I never quite fit in. We had too many secrets at our house.<br /><br /><h3>If you could compare yourself to someone from another novel, who would it be?</h3><br />I think I'm very much like Hermione in the Harry Potter Books. My dad is Father Time and my mother is a regular person. That makes me not-quite-regular, but not-quite-supernatural. While I can't do magic like Hermione can, I know there are things happening around us that most people aren't aware of.<br /><br /><h3>Who is your enemy?</h3><br />For a while, my sisters were my enemies. They laughed at me at my wedding to Headless Horseman and made me cry. They ruined my wedding! I hated them after that. But my mother cooked up a scheme that made us forgive each other and brought us back to being sisters again. After that, anyone who threatens my family is my enemy.<br /><br /><h3>Who do you most admire in your world?</h3><br />I admire my husband most of all. His physical handicap (his head isn't attached to his body) makes it hard for us to out in public. People stare, and it makes him uncomfortable. Consequently, we don't get off our big horse farm in Pennsylvania too often. But I admire Headless because even though he looks scary, he's got a heart of gold. In spite of being treated horribly his whole life, he's found a way to be a good father and a good husband. He's made a good life for his family.<br /><br /><h3>Tell us a little about your world, and where you fit in?</h3><br />My oldest sister, Essie, is married to Easter Bunny, and my next sister, Sharon, is married to Santa Claus. We each have our special times of year that we work hard to make special for everyone else. We're normal women, but we have extraordinary lives. We live on the fringes of society so we don't draw attention to ourselves, but still, try to give our children a normal upbringing.<br /><br /><h3>What was the most embarrassing moment in your life?</h3><br />It was my wedding. When I came out in my black wedding dress, my sisters' mouths dropped open and Essie started laughing and pointing at me. Mother tried to quiet her, but she persisted in her ridicule. I was mortified.<br /><br /><h3>What are your goals?</h3><br />I want to help Headless raise the best horses in the country. He's got such a way with them that they are highly prized for their training. I want my two boys, Huntley and Horace, to grow up and be good human beings in the world. They are good-hearted kids and I hope they stay that way.<br /><br /><h3>What is your greatest fear?</h3><br />I'm afraid that the townspeople will discover the true identity of Headless and storm our house like they stormed the castle of Frankenstein. That's why we stay very private and keep watch for strangers prowling around. Our two hellhounds help patrol the place.<br /><br /><h3>What is the most important lesson you've learned about life?</h3><br />I learned how to forgive my sisters for what they did on my wedding day. You have to forgive others to maintain the relationships that will do you the most good and provide the most support.<br /><br /><h3>What is the strangest situation you've ever found yourself in?</h3><br />The first time I had to feed Headless was very awkward. I have to put a tube down his esophagus and pour in his nourishment. Now it's old hat, but the first time was strange.<br /><br /><h3>Who has been the greatest influence in your life?</h3><br />My mother! A mortal woman who fell in love with and married Father Time. My father's age changes over the course of the year. He could only visit us when his appearance matched the age it should be to look right to anyone who saw us. He came to visit later and later each year and stayed only two weeks at a time. Sometimes he'd come at Christmas when he was a very old man. We called him Gramps just so people didn't know who he was.<br /><br /><h3>What is the greatest obstacle you have ever had to face?</h3><br />People who don't believe in the extraordinary are hard to deal with. My sister, Sharon, says Santa's feelings get hurt when people don't believe.Renee Scattergoodhttps://plus.google.com/100671337443224225702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3623079982347315070.post-85527798383156603042018-07-23T14:00:00.000+10:002018-07-23T14:00:15.318+10:00Her Legend Lives in You - The Untold Creation Story Honoring The Goddess and Our Daughters: A #Fantasy #Novel by Myron J Clifton<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ErnBJ62Chw4/W0B1LO9kYSI/AAAAAAAACrs/tF0UcJGjK-Ep0WJ1UsGgQe27qFmrF4gRgCLcBGAs/s1600/Myron2%2B-%2BMyron%2BClifton.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="250" data-original-width="203" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ErnBJ62Chw4/W0B1LO9kYSI/AAAAAAAACrs/tF0UcJGjK-Ep0WJ1UsGgQe27qFmrF4gRgCLcBGAs/s1600/Myron2%2B-%2BMyron%2BClifton.JPG" /></a></div>Myron J. Clifton is slightly older than fifty, lives in Sacramento, California, and is an avid Bay Area sports fan. He likes comic books, telling stories about his late mom to his beloved daughter Leah, and talking to his friends.<br /><br /><h2 style="text-align: center;">Connect with the Author</h2><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.deardeanpublishing.com/author" target="_blank">Website</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://deardean.com/" target="_blank">Blog</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/2KWFAEn" target="_blank">Amazon Author Page</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/deardeanblog/" target="_blank">Facebook Author Page</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://twitter.com/DearDean22" target="_blank">Twitter</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://deardean.com/" target="_blank">Get a Free Short Story!</a></h3><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/2J0K1fJ" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="309" data-original-width="200" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FhOcjBlOrLI/W0B1SSbGxTI/AAAAAAAACrw/n4XUivfxRegtBpAKTmRX3e35xV9AMMTwgCLcBGAs/s1600/Her_Legend_Lives_in__Cover_for_Kindle%2B-%2BMyron%2BClifton.jpg" /></a></div><h2>About the Book</h2><br />This story is a new mythology that captures the Divine Feminine and draws the reader into its sisterhood with magical creatures and utopian dreams. Both Whimsical and darkly serious, this previously untold creation story, presented as a prose-poem, reveres the Mother as creator. The reader of this epic prose-poem cannot help but be drawn into the sisterhood of the divine feminine. Their story is here and it lives in you.<br /><br /><h4 style="text-align: center;">Get it today on <a href="https://amzn.to/2J0K1fJ" target="_blank">Amazon</a>!</h4><br /><br /><h2>Keep reading for an excerpt:</h2><br /><h3>BIRTHING</h3><br />All of Creation is merely a birthing story.<br /><br />The echo of her first birth can still be heard in all the Universe. The sound is in the background of all universal sounds.<br /><br />The Goddess was busy!<br /><br />With her name singing an eternal song during those first few nanoseconds, the Goddess opened herself and her power flowed all at once and in all directions in a magnificent expression of herself.<br /><br />And in those milliseconds her Universe was now immeasurable.<br /><br />This was the first birth in her new Universe. The Goddess’ power was soft, curved, slow and smooth. There were a few sharp angles but she preferred gentle bends, segues, and agreement in form and all that she created.<br /><br />The Original’s name for the Goddess informed her purpose, and her essence fueled her creative expressions. In those first few million years the Goddess played with things that would forever be unseen but which would be studied and she left her presence in all things she birthed.<br /><br />All things in her Universe are made of her.<br /><br />The Goddess paused to observe her Universe and then she smiled to herself. She knew what her Universe needed.<br /><br />I will make a garden, the Goddess said.<br /><br />What is purpose if not growing and tending a garden where one may contemplate, she asked and answered herself. And so, she planted simple galaxies and spiral galaxies, there and there.<br /><br />Just a simple garden, she told herself.<br /><br />Next were gas clouds that were as big as galaxies, and nebulas that were as original in all universes as they were awe-inspiring. She grew stars that burned slowly — perennials she called them, and others that burned out quickly in a few billion years — seasonals, those were called.<br /><br />She planted black holes, strung star systems all around, and placed comets and asteroid belts all over.<br /><br />And she took from her own light and planted growing balls of fire to warm her garden while night stars and moons kept her garden comforted, and to provide for the small things that she planted in the garden — to live, feed, and help the garden birth its own.<br /><br />Finally, over there she decided to plant orbs that circled her stars and to the orbs some were given their own orbs that circled them. And they were given fire to help forge the garden.<br /><br />The Goddess paused for a few billion years before noticing one of her stars calling to her because it was lonely.<br /><br />Then she smiled a mischievous smile and laughed to herself at her garden — it was lovely!<br /><br />She was well pleased but not finished!<br /><br />The star that called to her informed her that one of the orbs was sad and longed for the Goddess’ attention.Renee Scattergoodhttps://plus.google.com/100671337443224225702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3623079982347315070.post-82210432887182100312018-07-20T14:00:00.000+10:002018-07-20T14:00:08.961+10:00Taldra: Science Fiction Adventures - A #SciFi #Novel by Duane Simolke<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-P2Iiw-v5QO4/W0BVbpV-u1I/AAAAAAAACqk/jvkUXgedEq8HcB8qGFo0CrT6fkmv5tGuQCLcBGAs/s1600/duanesimolke%2B-%2BDuane%2BSimolke.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="161" data-original-width="144" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-P2Iiw-v5QO4/W0BVbpV-u1I/AAAAAAAACqk/jvkUXgedEq8HcB8qGFo0CrT6fkmv5tGuQCLcBGAs/s1600/duanesimolke%2B-%2BDuane%2BSimolke.jpg" /></a></div>Duane Simolke wrote <i>The Acorn Stories</i>, a collection of tales set in a fictional West Texas town. He also edited and co-wrote the fundraiser <i>The Acorn Gathering: Writers Uniting Against Cancer</i>. His writing appeared in nightFire, Mesquite, Caprock Sun, Beyond: Science Fiction &amp; Fantasy, and many other publications. He lives in Lubbock, Texas.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><h2 style="text-align: center;">Connect with the Author</h2><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://duanesimolke.com/" target="_blank">Website/Blog</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/2u09BN1" target="_blank">Amazon Author Page</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/duanesimolke" target="_blank">Smashwords Author Page</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/73451.Duane_Simolke" target="_blank">Goodreads Author Page</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.authorsden.com/visit/author.asp?AuthorID=1777" target="_blank">AuthorsDen Author Page</a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://twitter.com/DuaneSimolke" target="_blank">Twitter</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZtznPKciQdlLqFmISyEd2A" target="_blank">YouTube</a></div><br /><br /><h2>About the Book</h2><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/2IZmNXm" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="200" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Hd9Nw_B-pjE/W0BVkioFloI/AAAAAAAACqo/28i12xoJkuIBljIr46A3yAGSpscdekLiQCLcBGAs/s1600/TaldraPattyCover%2B-%2BDuane%2BSimolke.jpg" /></a></div><h3 style="text-align: center;">The Taldra novels focus on gays, people of color, and powerful women.</h3><br /><i>“Edge-of-your-seat action, scenes that detail the turmoil and terror of an alien attack and an inside look at love and acceptance for humanity’s differences.” </i>—Tome Tender<br /><br />In an alternate reality, Earth is Valchondria. The one-world government consists of Leader, the Supreme Science Council, and a police force called “the Maintainers.”<br /><br />Degranon: A Science Fiction Adventure introduces the Iroquois scientist Taldra. One of her sons becomes trapped on the other side of a time portal while the other loses himself to the religious cult Degranon. Can they find their way back to each other before the Degrans destroy Valchondria?<br /><br />In Sons of Taldra: A Science Fiction Adventure, alien shapeshifters and the secrets of the Maintainers threaten humanity. First published in 2016 as an eBook, Sons of Taldra now appears in this collection with the revised, third edition of Degranon.<br /><br /><h4 style="text-align: center;">Get it Today!</h4><br /><h3 style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/2IZmNXm" target="_blank">Amazon</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/taldra-duane-simolke/1128697857" target="_blank">Barnes &amp; Noble</a></h3><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe width="320" height="266" class="YOUTUBE-iframe-video" data-thumbnail-src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/cvzb9OW_WUc/0.jpg" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/cvzb9OW_WUc?feature=player_embedded" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></div><br /><br /><br /><h2>Keep reading for an excerpt:</h2><br />Lorfeltez stopped speaking. The audience grew still and quiet. The Maintainers had arrived. They filed through the crowd like a swarm of insects, freely pushing and shoving with all the authority their office granted them, elbowing several people, and pushing a few out the doorways.<br /><br />Part of the crowd disappeared as if the weight of the entering officers forced them outside. However, many of them failed to move away in time, and the Maintainers grabbed at their collars or even punched at them, before finding the sources of the disruption.<br /><br />A female Maintainer yanked the holo-projectors away, knocking them to the floor, then used the handle of her sleep rifle to destroy them, sending hot metal parts and wires everywhere. One of the wires gashed a woman’s arm, sending out a small spurt of blood. Before even noticing her, the Maintainers handcuffed all five men, even while the crowd continued to shift madly about, trying to escape. One of the Maintainers assisted the injured woman, holding his hand over the cut on her arm.<br /><br />Dr. Lorfeltez saw an elderly red woman in the audience, frail to the point that she had obviously lived beyond the virus’s benefits. One of the Maintainers waved his laser pistol around to scare away the remnants of the controversial gathering. He threw the metal cylinder up in the air and let it drop glove-like around his left hand.<br /><br />His barrel pointed directly at the old woman. At least the other citizens could move quickly from his senseless demonstration of power, even if some of them ran in too many different directions for everyone to escape.<br /><br />As he swung around again, the barrel struck the old woman on the forehead and knocked her to the floor. The crowd almost trampled her, but the handsome stranger pulled her up and helped her escape.<br /><br />Lorfeltez had wanted to intervene as well, but another Maintainer stood beside her, aiming a laser pistol at her. The Maintainer was an extremely tall black woman, but barely more than a teenager, with hair shooting out from her headband, reminding Lorfeltez of a docle flower, one of the few remaining flowers on Valchondria’s overly industrialized landscape. The absence of stripes on her uniform revealed her as a trainee, but she carried herself like a Top Maintainer.Renee Scattergoodhttps://plus.google.com/100671337443224225702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3623079982347315070.post-58431956673025185902018-07-18T14:00:00.000+10:002018-07-18T14:00:06.171+10:00The Heart Collectors: A #Horror #Novel by Scott LesperanceScott is an author who lives in upstate NY, surrounded by horror props and collectibles.<br /><br /><h2 style="text-align: center;">Connect with the Author</h2><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/2Nwekyk" target="_blank">Amazon Author Page</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://twitter.com/WriterinaCorner" target="_blank">Twitter</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/2KGJi8U" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="301" data-original-width="200" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-XuiAqfesh7E/W0BPZzI7EFI/AAAAAAAACqY/osgZWK6GjEg3L5qsXgLvpFZGM4hrDG62ACLcBGAs/s1600/HCcover%2B-%2BScott%2BLesperance.jpg" /></a></div><h2>About the Book</h2><br />Detectives in upstate NY investigate a series of bizarre murders. What they discover is even more bizarre. Crime/drama with fantasy elements.<br /><h4 style="text-align: center;">Get it today on <a href="https://amzn.to/2KGJi8U" target="_blank">Amazon</a>!</h4><br /><br /><h2>Keep reading for an interview with the author:</h2><br /><h3>Why did you decide to be a writer?</h3><br />I wanted to entertain.<br /><br /><h3>What authors have most influenced you?</h3><br />Poe, Lovecraft, HG Wells, Jules Verne, Barker<br /><br /><h3>When did you first consider yourself an author?</h3><br />When I finished my first book<br /><br /><h3>What is the biggest obstacle you face as an author and what do you do to overcome it?</h3><br />Writer's block, just walk away and come back later<br /><br /><h3>What is the best compliment you've ever received as an author?</h3><br />"You love to write and it shows."<br /><br /><h3>What is the best writing advice you've ever received?</h3><br />Write for yourself<br /><br /><h3>Do you prefer ebooks, print or both?</h3><br />Print<br /><br /><h3>What made you decide to self-publish?</h3><br />It's the easiest route.<br /><br /><h3>What is your writing process?</h3><br />It's usually at night, I listen to music.<br /><br /><h3>Do you write in first or third person, past or present tense, and why?</h3><br />Third person, past<br /><br /><h3>How long does it take you to write a book?</h3><br />Depends on the length<br /><br /><h3>How do you come up with the titles for your books? Do you find it difficult?</h3><br />It relates to the general idea.<br /><br /><h3>What are you working on now?</h3><br />Collection of short stories<br /><br /><h3>What inspired your current work?</h3><br />Various movies, dreams<br /><br /><h3>What was the hardest part about writing your latest book?</h3><br />Coming up with fresh ideasRenee Scattergoodhttps://plus.google.com/100671337443224225702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3623079982347315070.post-35729822054797237912018-07-16T14:00:00.000+10:002018-07-16T14:00:09.874+10:00Aeron (The Guardian League Book Four): A #Romance #Novel by TK Lawyer<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/2MZA5pL" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="384" data-original-width="512" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-74Q5AFKdvWA/WzHXHvDbqLI/AAAAAAAACnA/ygBS4dgnVTYZ0whfYzE40OsuMHgmxjuSQCLcBGAs/s1600/I%2Bwant%2Byou%2BKim.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>TK Lawyer has always had an interest in the strange and unusual and she’s a romantic by heart. <br /><br />She writes passion-filled paranormal romance with Angels and Wolf Shifters- weaving tales of alpha males willing to do anything for the one feisty, curvaceous, strong-willed woman who has won their heart. Her alpha males will go to any length to please their mate, in and out of the bed. <br /><br />She invites you to enter her world and be entertained. After all, she writes for you.<br /><br /><h2 style="text-align: center;">Connect with the Author</h2><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://tklawyerauthor.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Website/Blog</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/2Kp1ZtB" target="_blank">Amazon Author Page</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/tklawyer" target="_blank">Smashwords Author Page</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/12764640.T_K_Lawyer" target="_blank">Goodreads Author Page</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.bookbub.com/authors/t-k-lawyer" target="_blank">BookBub Author Page</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/tklawyerauthor" target="_blank">Facebook Author Page</a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://twitter.com/tklawyerauthor" target="_blank">Twitter</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/109094672467230073885" target="_blank">Google+</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.pinterest.com/tklawyerauthor/" target="_blank">Pinterest</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/authortklawyerfanpage/" target="_blank">Instagram</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_m5NYSnJJIoQV2AHCwoUgA" target="_blank">YouTube</a></div><br /><h3 style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://eepurl.com/dvonKn" target="_blank">Sign up for her newsletter!</a></h3><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/2MZA5pL" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="200" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-s4BsGdGadNM/WzHUug9GlSI/AAAAAAAACm0/qZG53QKiH6spG7ATfTQdWdsjUs9x_BrPQCLcBGAs/s1600/Aeron_LRG%2B-%2BTK%2BLawyer.jpg" /></a></div><h2>About the Book</h2><br />Kim is stuck in a desperate situation – one she never thought she’d wind up in. Her husband has given up. Kim wants her freedom but she’s scared of the unknown. To find true, lasting love is her dream but is it possible? <br /><br />Little does Kim know who she seeks is searching for her. <br /><br />Aeron loved and dated. But he never found the right one. As leader and founder of the Guardian League and co-protector of his charge, his responsibilities kept him active; however, something was missing. His life wasn’t complete.<br /><br />He sought a perfect, unique combination: fiery and spirited with the right mix of nice vs. naughty. But this elusive minx was nowhere to be found. Until the day an enchanting vision caught his eye and he walked straight into a line of people awaiting coffee and beignets. <br /><br />Now that he’s found her, he’s unwilling to let her go. But does Kim have the strength to trust again?<br /><br /><h4 style="text-align: center;">Get it Today!</h4><br /><h3 style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/2MZA5pL" target="_blank">Amazon</a>&nbsp;| <a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/aeron-tk-lawyer/1127262646" target="_blank">Barnes &amp; Noble</a>&nbsp;| <a href="https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/aeron-book-four-the-guardian-league" target="_blank">Kobo</a></h3><br /><br /><h2>Keep reading for an excerpt:</h2><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/2MZA5pL" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="415" data-original-width="400" height="320" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9p7cwB9n8MY/WzHXQw52w7I/AAAAAAAACnE/fCb-ALz5vggvanWNzFWxqDN8mrzVqUR_gCLcBGAs/s320/Feed%2Bher%2Bfire.jpg" width="308" /></a></div>Aeron wanted her, but he wouldn’t force her. If she came to him, she would come willingly and of her own choice. That was the way he loved her; wild and free to voice her own opinions, to be who she wanted to be. He’d never confine her or subdue her will in any way. Besides, to do so was a cardinal sin, a punishment an angel would answer to the Council for. Still, that wasn’t the reason he wanted Kim the way she was. He loved her candor and her fiery, rebellious spirit. Her basic nature is what he embraced. She was a challenge to him. <br /><br />He would temper her, yes, when she was naughty, but he would do it with love, knocking down her wall of self-preservation, shattering her negative perceptions and introducing her to limitless possibilities, with him. If Kim walked away from him, she would say “no” to all Aeron offered. He would take nothing less. <br /><br />One particular night, he kneeled by her bedside, stroked back a stray hair from her forehead and spoke to her soul. His mind reached out to her in a shared telepathic communication she’d recognize in her restful state. His hand lingering in her hair as he whispered the nickname he came up with after being in her presence a short while. It suited her well.<br /><br />“Beautiful kitten, I grieve in your presence, for you do not know me yet, but I have fallen, deeply and madly, in love with you. You hold my heart, all of it, and my happiness lies with you and what you will ultimately do. Know that you are worthy of so much more. If you are courageous, you will have support. Break free from your bonds and live again, darling.”<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/2MZA5pL" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="400" height="320" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-fZUpUq5I6FQ/WzHXY61bpFI/AAAAAAAACnI/Z8UsUUG4JccWEyl93XUcvTt-mWqGZghIwCLcBGAs/s320/Tell%2Bme%2Byour%2Bheart.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Aeron smiled as he watched her chest rise and fall. He caressed the back of his hand across her left cheek, listening in on the steady beating of her heart. His gorgeous beauty. His kitten. It pained him she didn’t know him. <br /><br />“Dream of me.” He placed his hand on her forehead. A white light exited his palm and entered her mind, feeding her images of Aeron, threading them through her imagination. <br /><br />“I love you.” He lifted from the bed and glanced over at Tom, sleeping soundly in between loud snores as he lay on the other side of the bed.<br /><br />“Take care of her.” He directed his words to Tom. The request drifted into Tom’s subconscious accompanied by an image of Kim.<br /><br />“Until we meet.” Aeron leaned over Kim and planted a soft kiss on her cheek. “Be well.” He sighed and disintegrated into the air.Renee Scattergoodhttps://plus.google.com/100671337443224225702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3623079982347315070.post-48544756753506968052018-07-13T14:00:00.000+10:002018-07-13T14:00:01.282+10:00A Head Full of Random Thoughts: A #Poetry #Book by Rick Perry<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Gay58j8y1n8/WztvTcp20HI/AAAAAAAACp8/a-2feEuhzLg_WuLOrbz5hjvq_cxcrCT2gCLcBGAs/s1600/School%2BPhoto%2B2012%2B%25282%2529%2B-%2BRick%2BPerry.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="250" data-original-width="250" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Gay58j8y1n8/WztvTcp20HI/AAAAAAAACp8/a-2feEuhzLg_WuLOrbz5hjvq_cxcrCT2gCLcBGAs/s1600/School%2BPhoto%2B2012%2B%25282%2529%2B-%2BRick%2BPerry.jpg" /></a></div>Rick Perry is a retired English teacher, coach, and administrator with an avid interest in books, movies, sports, politics, education, and current events. After 35 years experience in both public and private education, he is eager to spend time writing and sharing his thoughts and opinions on a wide variety of subjects.<br /><br />Rick has been married to his wife Patti for thirty years and they have two children, Scott and Caitlin. His first novel <i>The What If Project</i> was written in November during the 2016 NaNoWriMo event. The book is now available in paperback and multiple ebook formats. Recently, he released a collection of poetry <i>A Head Full of Random Thoughts</i>. He is currently working on a new novel and finishing a previously begun young adult tale. Two other novels are in the revising and editing stages.<br /><br /><h2 style="text-align: center;">Connect with the Author</h2><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://rdperryauthor.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Blog</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/2z62GHa" target="_blank">Amazon Author Page</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/17303939.Rick_Perry" target="_blank">Goodreads Author Page</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://facebook.com/rick.perry.5" target="_blank">Facebook</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://twitter.com/rdperry57" target="_blank">Twitter</a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/2KG1miF" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="319" data-original-width="201" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-HUtbYfwnNb0/WztvZ_Rg5eI/AAAAAAAACqA/8dgd3_liT1UIHYV-eyEroFLlq8cBlUGNgCLcBGAs/s1600/Random%2BThoughts%2BCartoon%2B-%2BRick%2BPerry.jpg" /></a></div><h2>About the Book</h2><br /><i>A Head Full of Random Thoughts</i> is a collection of accessible modern poetry inspired by the people and memories of an everyday life. Although a handful have been posted online, most are being seen for the very first time! The book features over 80 original poems grouped into five sections. A handful have been published online, but most have never been shared before now.<br /><br />In “Observations on an Everyday Life,” the poet takes a look at a variety of common, ordinary situations. “People” includes a series of tribute poems about family and friends. “Social Commentary” contains poems about politics and current events, from the view of a Christian conservative. “Memories of Days Gone By” looks at childhood memories, or fragments of the past. The final section, “Just the Way I Feel,” contains the odds and ends, those introspective pieces that come late at night.<br /><br />Written over the last two years, these are the random thoughts that bounce around inside the head of a poet. Some are serious, some are whimsical, but all are honest and heartfelt.<br /><br /><h4 style="text-align: center;">Get it today on <a href="https://amzn.to/2KG1miF" target="_blank">Amazon</a>!</h4><br /><br /><h2>Keep reading for an interview with the author:</h2><br /><h3>Why did you decide to be a writer?</h3><br />I am a retired educator and I have always loved to write. Following my retirement, my son encouraged me to look into NaNoWriMo and I wrote my first novel in 2016 just to see if I could do it. Since then, I have written two more novels and my recent book of poetry.<br /><br /><h3>Did you have a hard time sharing your work with the public?</h3><br />After I completed my first novel, I had a very easy time sharing it. I gave it to a few close friends, did some revising and editing and found myself eager to publish. It was a little scary waiting for reactions, but overall, I was excited to be able to share my stories with other people.<br /><br /><h3>Do you have a "day job"?</h3><br />I spent thirty-five years in education, teaching English, coaching, and eventually going into administration. After retiring in 2015, I have committed to investing time in writing.<br /><br /><h3>What genres do you write?</h3><br />Up to this point, I have written mostly fiction. My latest project is a collection of poetry, but I have already begun work on my next novel.<br /><br /><h3>Is there a genre that you've been wanting to experiment with?</h3><br />I have an idea for a science fiction novel, but it is somewhat out of my comfort zone and I have not yet worked up the courage to begin. What attracts me, and scares me, is that it is not like anything I have written before.<br /><br /><h3>How often do you write?</h3><br />When I am in the middle of a project, I try to write at least something each day. Revising and editing are much harder for me and I tend to write much less when I am doing so. I also blog weekly.<br /><br /><h3>How long does it take you to write a novel?</h3><br />Two of my three completed novels were done during NaNoWriMo and completed in 30 days. That doesn't count the revision process which obviously adds to the time devoted to the novel. The third novel took about two and a half months. Once I have begun, I tend to get the first draft done fairly quickly.<br /><br /><h3>What authors/books have most influenced you?</h3><br />My favorite author is Stephen King, but I also love John Grisham, Michael Crichton, Lee Child, and Gillian Flynn.<br /><br /><h3>When did you first consider yourself an author?</h3><br />Probably when my first book was published and I actually held the first printed copy of the paperback in my hands.<br /><br /><h3>What are your goals as an author?</h3><br />My current goals are to publish the next two novels (which are already written) and complete at least one more that is in the planning stages. Beyond that, I want to keep writing and try to get my books out to a wider audience.<br /><br /><h3>Are you a pantser or outliner?</h3><br />I am a little of both, but mostly a pantser. I have a very broad outline in mind when I begin, but the story often takes its own course once I start. As I write, new characters appear, and new situations pop up that I never anticipated, and I go with the flow.<br /><br /><h3>Do you write about real life experiences, or does everything come from your imagination?</h3><br />My first book was entirely fictional, but my latest is almost all based on my experiences in education. Although I am writing it as fiction, most of the stories are based on actual events. I am changing the outcomes and combining different locations, but most of the experiences really happened.<br /><br /><h3>Do you ever base your characters on people you know?</h3><br />The book I hope to publish next is a fictionalized memoir about my experiences in education. Most of the characters in the book are based on real people. Fortunately, as a work of fiction, I can combine characters and their actions and even make them nicer (or meaner) than the real people on whom they are based.Renee Scattergoodhttps://plus.google.com/100671337443224225702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3623079982347315070.post-965455059455268152018-07-11T14:00:00.000+10:002018-07-11T14:00:09.709+10:00Nightfall: A #Romance #Novel by TK Lawyer<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/2tFtBDK" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="227" data-original-width="600" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-RwKe2oZtoK4/WzLRSkaIBeI/AAAAAAAACoQ/JLClFnQGXs4jMUbxOVAyesf0MWtTkv_VwCLcBGAs/s1600/Nightfall%2Blooking%2Bout%2Bwindow.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>TK Lawyer has always had an interest in the strange and unusual and she’s a romantic by heart.<br /><br />She writes passion-filled paranormal romance with Angels and Wolf Shifters- weaving tales of alpha males willing to do anything for the one feisty, curvaceous, strong-willed woman who has won their heart. Her alpha males will go to any length to please their mate, in and out of the bed.<br /><br />She invites you to enter her world and be entertained. After all, she writes for you.<br /><br /><h2 style="text-align: center;">Connect with the Author</h2><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://tklawyerauthor.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Website/Blog</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/2Kp1ZtB" target="_blank">Amazon Author Page</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/tklawyer" target="_blank">Smashwords Author Page</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/12764640.T_K_Lawyer" target="_blank">Goodreads Author Page</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.bookbub.com/authors/t-k-lawyer" target="_blank">BookBub Author Page</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/tklawyerauthor" target="_blank">Facebook Author Page</a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://twitter.com/tklawyerauthor" target="_blank">Twitter</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/109094672467230073885" target="_blank">Google+</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.pinterest.com/tklawyerauthor/" target="_blank">Pinterest</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/authortklawyerfanpage/" target="_blank">Instagram</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_m5NYSnJJIoQV2AHCwoUgA" target="_blank">YouTube</a></div><br /><h3 style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://eepurl.com/dvonKn" target="_blank">Sign up for her newsletter!</a></h3><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/2tFtBDK" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="200" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-EXE6dPV2E3c/WzLRipTj6rI/AAAAAAAACoU/1actqtaZj3APb5pruH7flDJvkO-xCjbxwCLcBGAs/s1600/Nightfall%2BBook%2BCover%2B-%2BTK%2BLawyer.jpg" /></a></div><h2>About the Book</h2><br />Tamara’s spicy scent thrills, seduces, and weakens him like no other. She is his and he wants her. Unfortunately, she is done with men. Tamara’s been burned too many times in the past and she’s not looking for a relationship…..ever. But when she finds a stray dog on her doorstep she decides she wants a relationship with a male, after all- that of pet and pet owner.<br /><br />Josh is not a dog and he has no interest in staying her pet. He has one burning desire- Tamara- in his bed, nightly and permanently. He will stop at nothing to convince Tamara they are better together and that he needs her, forever.<br /><br />Their paths are intertwined and their future is inevitable but will Tamara allow Josh to love, cherish and protect her? Or will she say goodbye to the amazing, dedicated man whose loyalty and sweet promises could shatter her walls completely and consume her with desire?<br /><br /><h4 style="text-align: center;">Get it Today!</h4><br /><h3 style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/2tFtBDK" target="_blank">Amazon</a>&nbsp;| <a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/books/1120626552" target="_blank">Barnes &amp; Noble</a>&nbsp;| <a href="https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/nightfall-63" target="_blank">Kobo</a>&nbsp;| <a href="https://www.foundationsbooks.net/book/nightfall/" target="_blank">Foundations Books</a></h3><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe width="320" height="266" class="YOUTUBE-iframe-video" data-thumbnail-src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/AuEy9PFM_Lg/0.jpg" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/AuEy9PFM_Lg?feature=player_embedded" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></div><br /><br /><br /><h3>Keep reading for an excerpt:</h3><br />He considered the worst part about switching between a wolf and a human—having no clothes to change into.<br /><br />If Tamara was around and she welcomed it, he would be able to tolerate this as a minor inconvenience. He would gladly switch back into his nude human form for their mutual delight, but it would wreak havoc in public places and situations. When it came to being out in public, he preferred to be a wolf. No one ever noticed when a wolf was naked. It was expected and accepted.<br /><br />Taking out the iced tea, he poured a glass for himself and gulped down every drop. The water Tamara provided for him was a sweet gesture but it wasn’t enough for his increased libido and insatiable thirst, especially when she was parading around nude in front of him. He choked, in mid-gulp, and his breathing turned raspy as the image of her luscious body floated across his mind.<br /><br />He walked into the master bedroom that, as Nightfall, Tamara forbade him to enter. Searching through the bathroom closet, he found a towel and modestly wrapped his bottom half in it. This way, if any neighbors became curious and happened to notice him, they’d conclude he was merely a guest in her home instead of a pervert or worse—an intruder with the worst intentions for Tamara. He grimaced. He wouldn’t allow anyone to hurt her in any way. With him around, she was protected and safe…always. She was his mate and he would willingly die keeping her alive.<br /><br />Clicking the power button on the TV remote, he sat on the loveseat and luxuriated in the lingering smell of her scent wafting from the cushions. He melted into the seat inhaling the sweet, enticing aroma, imagining all kinds of delicious, erotic possibilities with her devilishly tempting body.<br /><br />Lord, she was sexy.<br /><br />If she were here right now, she’d need protection from him.<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/2tFtBDK" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="600" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-P4L6kuSoNmY/WzLRuPjF8RI/AAAAAAAACoc/LVwWeTnhfpMXXTKOrkRkbo6Ub9QKkPdHQCLcBGAs/s1600/Nightfall%2Brose%2Bmeme1.jpg" /></a></div><br />Renee Scattergoodhttps://plus.google.com/100671337443224225702noreply@blogger.com0